June 4, 2009 Click here to read the full text of Obama's speech. For more coverage throughout the day, visit JTA's politics blog.
Obama in Cairo: See Israeli-Palestinian conflict through eyes of the other
Reiterating his call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Obama called on each side to see the conflict through the eyes of the other. In a wide-ranging address in Cairo on Thursday that touched upon America's history with Muslims, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, and the need for democracy, religious freedom, and women's rights in the Arab world, Obama identified the Israeli-Arab conflict as a source of major tension.
Thursday, 4 June 2009
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