“America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable,” President Obama said today. “On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.”
The only solution for solving the decades-long conflict, Obama said, is for two states, “where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.” A two state solution is in Israel’s, Palestine’s and America’s interests, the president said.
But for peace to come, Obama said, it is time for everyone to “live up to our responsibilities.”
For the Palestinians, that means they must abandon violence. “Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and it does not succeed,” Obama said, citing African Americans’ own experience struggling for equality through non-violent means. “Violence is a dead end.”
“At the same time,” Obama said, “Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel’s right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine’s. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. … It is time for these settlements to stop.”
President Obama pledged to “say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs.” What do you think of the president’s statements on the Middle East?
Comments (53)
Bill Edwards
4 June 2009 at 11:04 EDT
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High time someone has the courage to address the true nature of the Middle East conflict, and honestly look at both sides of the issue.
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Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah
4 June 2009 at 11:18 EDT
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A historic speech delivered first by an American President addressing to the Muslim world. It was very interesting, proactive and inspiring. His body language indicates that he spoke what he really means. I think his clear statement will highly contribute to establish peace in the middle east as well as will develop mutual understanding between Muslim world and America. He spoke like a world leader.
AS a Muslim I welcome his outstanding and thought provoking speech.
Benjamin Gal-Or
22 July 2009 at 23:11 EDT
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How anyone introduces Error in Defining Judaism, Israel, Muslim, Peace, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Illegitimate-Legitimate, Ocupation, rights? Photon03
Everything is connected with everything else.
Therefore, any definition must include ‘the whole universe’, its contents, dynamics, history and “History of Abrahamic Religions”: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Druze, Behai. [Online SCRIBD, Photon03].
Inter alia it means that the very act of defining a word, a symbol an axiom or even the word peace, land and rights in any language, including recorded [not rhetoric] history between Judaism, Christianity, Isalm, Druze and Behai erects a ‘fence’ around each. Anything outside that fence is, a priori, rejected and lost forever if one follows anyone trying to define.
Indeed, without paying much attention to fundamental consequences, we carelessly use such definitions in dictionaries, education, research, media, politics, everyday life and in faith.
These facts also touch on issues of language, symbols, science and religion. [Photon03, SCRIBD]
Fatna Raji
4 June 2009 at 11:19 EDT
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I am so proud of the President Obama as a Muslim Amecrican woman. He was wonderful especially when he was citing from Koran to clear the image of Islam terrorsim. I am so happy as well as my four daughters of our President. My familly suffered a lot from American resentment to Islam.
Fatna Raji
Joel Clark
Location: America
10 June 2009 at 22:36 EDT
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Fatna
Try to “put the shoe on the other foot” … and place yourself in a Christian mindset.
Whether you (or Obama) like it or not, America was founded on Christianity. That’s a simple fact. The very currency (for what it’s worth since O took office) STILL reads “In God We trust”!
Now, if you’re so dissatisfied with the American way of life, then “WHY” don’t you consider moving back to your Islam world …where the money might say something about Allah or Mohamed or Jihad?
We … with the Christian faith don’t have any desire to move to a Muslim nation and then try to push our Christian beliefs on that society. If we did, we’d more than likely have our heads removed.
You won’t admit it (and neither will Obama), but we Christians have suffered as well … from Islamic beliefs.
Imagine the leader of a Muslim nation quoting Biblical Scriptures to a billion Christians. Now imagine those same Christians want to see the destruction of the Muslim world. Now reverse it. This is what the majority of Americans are feeling now with Obama’s “agenda”.
The big difference in the scenarios above is that we Christians aren’t hell-bent on the destruction of another religion and people, and aren’t trying to force our lifestyles, religion and beliefs into a foreign country. We “were” satisfied with the freedoms we had … here in a land an ocean away from where Muslims are free to do the same.
Thani Malai
17 June 2009 at 13:31 EDT
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Dear Joel,
Please take a deep breath. Today’s world or for that matter your USA cannot be said that it belong to the christians or muslims. And your president Obama is considered a truly a world inspiring leader and as such when he spoke in Cairo even non-christian(non-muslim too) like me felt that he is absolutely hitting the nail and making his point without fear or inhibition. We Hindus believe that whenever the world is in turmoil God will send someone to save it.
Benjamin Gal-Or
28 August 2009 at 23:08 EDT
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Dear Joel Klein
Wether or not you are related to or operating CNN you may reconsider some of your comments if you look them up in the August 2009 EDITION of the WORLDWIDE ACCLAIMED BEST SELLING BOOK SERIES by Benjamin Gal-Or, SCRIBD
rcshreeyan
4 June 2009 at 12:15 EDT
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jaihind!jaiworld!goodday,goodluck!
Mr president Obama’s middleeast visit would be remember in recent time of one good step towards world unity. But the Israel vs surrounded muslim nations conflict would not solve in making two nation theory. We have to go down the history of pre-christ era to only understand the whole Islamic world’s mentality & policy why they are adhering to certain anti behaviour for others. The ultiment situation arising out of recent statement by him indicates his true wish to solve the crisis but again it require multicomplex satisfaction to both the party and then also voilence & conflict would take new shape their. We have to understand Islam in a correct form to tackle the problem forever.
RICKY WHITE
4 June 2009 at 12:27 EDT
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IT IS LONG OVERDUE THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO TRY TO BRING ABOUT WORLD PEASE. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS REACHED OUT TO OTHER NATIONS IN AN EFFORD TO BRIDGE THE GAP,TO PUT AN END TO THE WARS,AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY AMERICAN,REGARDLESS OF RACE,IS TREATED FAIRLY AND GIVEN A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
Joel Clark
11 June 2009 at 00:16 EDT
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Ricky,
Obama isn’t after world peace. He’s after something far more precious to him. He’s trying to create a legacy that equals (or surpasses) the “truly” great men in history. It’s ALL ABOUT HIM!
And contrary to your statement …the American dream isn’t receiving handouts from a socialist government. It isn’t about taking money from those who applied much effort to obtain it … and having it given to the ones who won’t exert the energy to do the same.
Benjamin Gal-Or
28 August 2009 at 23:11 EDT
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Dear Joel Klein
may be you would re-assesssomeof your comments after looking up Benjamin Gal-Or, Photon03, SCRIBD August 2009?
Yishibah Gabriel
4 June 2009 at 12:58 EDT
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President Barack Obama brings a fresh and insightful perspective to the Israel Palestine Conflict. His Muslim background and Israel-friendly approach by America will offer the Muslim world a new sense of being heard and a genuine attampt to engage in dialogue.
He also confronted the Settlement Expansion question by Israel showing balance.
Certainly our common humanity, common need for self-determination and Nationhood should prevail. When justice is served, extremists will be margnalised and and the moderate voice of peace with become the Centre ground.
President Obama must also study the Prophecies of the Bible to rightly resolve the Israel/Palestine question.
The speech is measured, diplomatic and politically astute but needs to be informed by the Prophecies and not US Foreign Policy.
Can America be the Peace medium with its historyof the illegal war in Iraq and the current Afghanistan situation? Is Obama for real or the acceptable face of Imperial America? Time will tell and History will record.
Justicia Prophetica
mukhtar auwalu
4 June 2009 at 13:55 EDT
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President Barack Obama has made me proud with his frank yet candid speech. As a muslim, I sincerely would wish to see an end to terrorism in the name of religion.
The American Embassies the world over must make sure this noble speech is translated into local languages for proper understanding and a full stop to brain -washing in the name of hatred!
Michelle Austein Brooks
America.gov Staff
4 June 2009 at 14:52 EDT
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Hi Mukhtar,
Several embassies are translating the speech - I’ll see if I can get links to translations and post online.
cheryl brooks
4 June 2009 at 16:08 EDT
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I’m so moved… The President is right about both Israel and Palistine, they both have to take responsibility for their actions, both sides are to blame for the disposition they have amongst themselves. They must be honest and truthful cause the day of the lie is over, as well as steeling. So it’s up to them, and they need to act like the adults they are and as Spike Lee put it “Do The Right Thing!” Cause look what lying and steeling got us Bankrupt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fateh BOUMERDJEN
4 June 2009 at 16:22 EDT
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good evening,,, congratulations America for a president like Mr Obama,,, the clever man who can change or think in that at least,,, the idea of reimagine the world and seeking a new beginnig are very important for the new world we seek.
student ( Algiers University)
cheryl brooks
4 June 2009 at 17:12 EDT
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When I heard that The President received such appluses, I cried cause Black people have gone through so much and to have another countrymen love our President as much as we do it was moving “We have overcame”.
Barbara Corliss
4 June 2009 at 19:59 EDT
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This from a Canadian who has watched President Obama with interest from campaign, election and throughout his first, very trying, period in office. His speech today was inspirationally moving as well as rational and “right on”.
I realize that changing attitudes formed over centuries will be difficult, and, in some cases, absolutely impossible, but, nevertheless needs to be attempted.
President Obama, and yes, I will use the name “Hussein”, has an opportunity, and even an obligation, to use the circumstances of his family history, race (mixed) and life experience as a bridge over difficult and oft-ignored issues.
As a northern neighbour I find, once more, that the insight of the electorate in the last election has been confirmed.
Well done!!! A good start.
Joel Clark
Location: America
10 June 2009 at 22:56 EDT
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Barbara,
I ask that you take a closer look at O’s campaign promises … and his actions since taking office.
Why is it acceptable … “now” … for him to use the name “Hussein”, when it was strictly forbidden during his campaign? Your mainstream liberal media outlets seemed to have demonized the (few) conservatives who dared mention that FACT! Now, the same liberal ideologues seem to praise the very thing they hid!
It’s just a small sample of just how blind you and another 70 million Americans were/are??
I can counter anything you want to debate, but like most on the left, if someone doesn’t share your beliefs … I’m sure they’ll wear a derogatory label. You know … the distraction method to avoid the facts??
I ask you in closing … when do you think he will speak from his heart, and stop reading every “poll-driven” word he says?
Moving speech my @ss!
Thani Malai
17 June 2009 at 13:43 EDT
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Dear Joel,
Even if the President’s actions are made with his self interest it benefits the world at large. No one makes decisions for the good of the world for personal glorifications. Even when Christ was alive and preaching there was a sizeable amount of people against him thereby leading to his cruxification at a young age.
YOU SEEM TO BE ONE OF THOSE ANTI-THESIS TO POSITIVE ENERGY.
Anyway,may the good wind blow through your nostril and make you understand things just as the mainstream.
Benjamin Gal-Or
28 August 2009 at 23:21 EDT
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Dear Joel Klein
This time I fully agree with your comment, but what would you say if Husain Obama harbors deep-seated past fixation that is so strong that he may next act only via this fixation — no matter what the polls say — and may even go by this negative feeling all the way asto become [political]suicider?
Benjamin Gal-Or [Photon03], SCRIBD
Kaye Heath
5 June 2009 at 00:09 EDT
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Reading these comments from around the word we can realise that many people from all races and religions want a fair, just solution to the Palestine/Israeli conflict and Middle East tension.
President Obama is leading us to recognise the responsiblity we all have to stop using stereotypes and demonising Muslims and/or Americans in our everyday lives. We must be aware that such immature behaviour contributes to extremist views and worse, terrorist behavour. In our daily lives we must recognise when we indulge in stereotyping anyone and stop ourselves doing it.
In Australia we are experiencing a back lash against international students. I have sat in classes with international students and they only want an education the same as any Australian. They work hard, and from what I have seen are very nice people, so why do some of us feel so negative and behave violently towards them? I think they are victims of negative stereotyping at a local level.
Good on you President Obama I hope everyone is listening - you are a brave man.
steve orchard
5 June 2009 at 00:10 EDT
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I have great hopes for this President who at last is saying what needs to be said to Israel. For too long critics of Israel are silenced by accusations of anti-semitism. America absolutely needs to be truly even-handed in the middle east.
Obama’s speech made me proud to be an American!
David Price
5 June 2009 at 00:54 EDT
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Almighty God is the Highest authority,and He has already given the “land ISRAEL” to the Jewish people.but the Nations have and are trying to divide the land and even erradicate “The covenant people of God” from the face of the earth.The Bible tells us this quite clearly.But God will not be Mocked and will enter into Judgement against these Nations and will save Israel.
I would not like to be in Barak Obama’s shoes,or America, or the Enemies of Israel,Eastern,Middle eastern,western or anywhere,when Jesus comes to stand on the Mount of Olives,God is the disposer of events in the world Not Barak Obama.
KOLAWOLE A
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
10 June 2009 at 10:03 EDT
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Dear Price, Mr President speech without mincing words is widely appreciated across the divides. This cannot be separated from the fact that for the first time we are having an American President who is justly ready to put a final end to an ungodly madness that has been happening in that region since 1967. We have in President Obama a man who can without prejudice say the truth which of course both the Bible and Quran support. Please let us support justice and truth so that God himself can be happy with us once again. Anyway, i am of the opinion that President Obama’s middle east project is Gods’.
F. Bianca
5 June 2009 at 05:19 EDT
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…in the mid-ninetees, Mr. (ex) President Bill Clinton succeeded in the famous HANDSHAKE of both Palestinia and Israel. Back then, Yashr Arrafat was more open to Peacefull aggreements then those who followed him after he passed away. And Ariel Sharon (still in a coma???) could have paved the way towards a mutual PEACEFULL aggreement, since Netanyahu seems to be a regular hardliner opposing the 2-state solution because of his political stance. I sincerely hope that Mr. President Obama can succeed what his predecessor (Clinton) had allready begun…And that PEACE may DAWN over BOTH STATES EQUALLY!!!
moses gatobu
5 June 2009 at 07:34 EDT
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mr president obama has substantial and demosntrated vision in bringing everlasting peace not only between islamic and christianity but also to the whole world .
Moe Syzlak
5 June 2009 at 08:58 EDT
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When House Speaker Pelosi wore a head scarf in Syria she was mocked. Yet when Secretary Clinton wears a head scarf in Egypt nobody says a peep? C’mon Mitt, didn’t her conforming to custom just further demonstrate President Obama was on an apology tour?
Kazi Azizul Huq
5 June 2009 at 20:18 EDT
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We endorse the quotes from President Obama mentioned herein above under the title “Obama’s views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict”.
In our Muslim-Jews Dialogue with Honorable Chief Rabbi David Rosen of American Jewish Committee we already agreed to the Two State Solution.
Kazi Azizul Huq
International Affairs Secretary
Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon
24/A, Joar Shahara (Walipara)
Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
E-mail: khelafat@dhaka.net
Cajetan Iwunze (UK)
6 June 2009 at 02:00 EDT
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I think President Obama’s speech was crafted to please the Muslim World. It was not a peach for peace. What he had forgotten was during the time of late Mr Arafat regime, the two state solutions was given to the Palestinians. The Muslim World told Mr Arafat that the objective is not for peace because Muslims cannot live side by side with the Jews. What they really want is total annihilation of the Jews. The United Nation and America supplied Palestinians arms even helps to train their police forces to control what was agreed to be Palestinian state. The Palestinians immediately turned their gun to Jewish children and elderly women in Israel, thousands were killing what seems to be another holocaust taking place while the world watches. It was this type of speech delivered by Clinton that led to millions of US dollar poured in into what was believed to be ever lasting peace and the money was used to by technology to build rocket that was armed to wipe out Israel. Obama should not be deceived by the word “peace” because it means different thing from the Muslim World, it simply implies “wiping out the Jews” that what peace means to them. If what Palestinians need is a state of their own why did they refuse to sign the peace agreement that have given them their own state 10 years ago?
Rami Aref
Location: Washington DC
23 June 2009 at 10:01 EDT
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Mr. Iwunze,
To begin, you should not address that peace means “wipe off the Jews”, simple because your an English man originating of adescent of no standards. The truth to the reality is that the British are the cause to the entire tensions in the Middle East. This is based on facts and history books, perhaps you could read to enlighten yourself.
Palestine was an independent state until 1948. British as well as the French cleansed all the Jews from Eorope and simply shipped them to Palestine. This was conducted because the Jews were clearly unwanted in Eorope. So please state your facts before you address something. You English people are truly the head of the snake, always up for trouble. One day will come and your day will come at some point.
Benjamin Gal-Or
13 July 2009 at 05:40 EDT
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Sorry Mr. Rami Aref and Other praisers of Muslim “Peace” in English.
The facts are clearly against your rhetoric reply to what “peace” in English means for Palestinians and other Muslims and what it means to them in Arabic, as quoted below: READ THE FACTS, ONE BY ONE!
To start with Obama had selected Al-Jazeera – the Muslims’ major TV – as the first one to interview him as the new president of the United States. But in a sermon aired there on January 9, 2009, the Muslim scholar and preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated:
Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people. Oh Allah, do not spare a single one of them. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.” ["Philosophy, Science & Religion", Photon03, SCRIBD]
Eight days later the Muslim cleric Muhammad Hussein Yacoub stated on Al-Rahma TV:
“Our fighting with the Jews is eternal. We will fight, defeat, and annihilate them, until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth… As for you Jews, whose ancestors were apes and pigs, ….”
[ibid]
Palestinian preacher Sheikh Ibrahim Mahdi Ibrahim proclaims to the world:
Nothing will deter [the Jews] except for us voluntarily detonating ourselves in their midst. They have nuclear power, but we … blow them up in Tel Aviv.” “One of the Jews’ evil deeds is what has come to be called ‘the Holocaust,’ — the slaughter of the Jews by Nazism. However, revisionists [historians] have proven that this crime, carried out against some of the Jews, was planned by the Jews’ leaders, and was part of their policy.” ["Philosophy, Science & Religion", Photon03, SCRIBD]
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais is the leading cleric of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia[64; 104]. The BBC reported that he referred to Jews as
“the scum of the human race” and “offspring of apes and pigs.”
[ibid]
In a sermon delivered by Sheik Muhammad Al-Muraikhi, which aired on Qatar TV on January 9, 2009, Al-Muraikhi stated:
We do not treat the Jews as our enemies just because they occupied Palestine, or because they occupied a precious part of our Arab and Islamic world. We will treat the Jews as our enemies even if they return Palestine to us, because they are infidels. [ibid]
The “foremost Sunni Arab authority”, the Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, the Grand Cleric of Al-Azhar Mosque and of Al-(Azhar) Cairo University, where Obama launched, on June 4, 2009, his reach speech to the World of Islam, had proclaimed to the world, in April 2002, that the Jews are
“descendants of apes and pigs.” [Ibid]
Rooted Arab anti-Semitism was primarily imported from Europe, largely by Christian Arabs [Ibid]
That import caused, inter alia, the Damascus Libel-Massacre/Mass-Murder of Jews from 1840 to 1908. [A Christian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus immediately followed by European-Style libel against many Jews in the city, charging them with use of Christian blood in their religious rituals. All were found guilty.] [ibid]
This famous “verdict” has led to multiple massacre-pogroms; the Killing of Jews throughout the Mideast Muslim World; I.e., in:
Jerusalem (1847), Damascus (1840, 1848, 1890), Beirut (1862, 1874), Cairo (1844, 1890, 1901-02), Alexandria (1870, 1882, 1901-07), Port Said (1903, 1908), Istanbul (1870, 1874), Izmir (1872, 1874), Buyukdere (1864), Kuzguncuk (1866), Eyub (1868), Edirne (1872), Aleppo (1850, 1875), Damanhur (1871, 1873, 1877, 1891), Dayr al-Qamar (1847), Mansura (1877). [ibid]
Jews have been the majority in Jerusalem since 1860. 5 were murdered in Jerusalem by Arabs in 1920; 6 in 1926; 12 in 1936; 9 in 1937; 12 in 1938; 59 in Hebron in 1929; 20 in Tzfatt; 48 in the rest of British Palestine.
The Jerusalem Arab Students had incited the 1929 massacre by distributing, on 11 September 1929, a Leaflet that reads:
“ARAB! Remember that Jew is your enemy and the enemy of your ancestors” [ibid]
It is therefore highly misleading to state, inter alia by Obama, that once the land conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinians is resolved, a lasting peace would be established. As proved above, the Islamic anti-Semitism is deeply rooted for at least 170 years.
It is not hate based on a land issue.
It is the “eternal” hate stated above by a Muslim Leader and aired to the entire Muslim World, in Arabic, via a well-calculated decision.
It preceded any land dispute in Palestine; any issue of Palestinians; It is this proclaimed eternal hate that drives Muslims to kill Jews even if all Palestine is given to them.
But at the same time, to the WEST, in English, Muslims preach PEACE; a peace that in Arabic, as proven above, is a PEACE TO KILL JEWS, and get their highly developed land, transportation & electrical systems, dwellings and property, in stages, starting from their inner yearning for a rapid Obama-imposed land concessions by Israel to Muslims, including Jerusalem.
Let us next examine this 170-years hate-based issue in more details.
Why is President Obama preventing a pre-emptive strike against current, Nazi-like Iran, a non-Arab, radical Islamic state that is dangerous to all but the world Islamic terrorists?
[Addendum I, the University of London Study, "Philosophy, Science & Religion", Photon03, SCRIBD]
Is Obama arresting the pending victim for a year or two for the sake of his “Final Solution” to mature and materialize by Nazi-Iran but, apparently, not directly by his hypocritical “PEACE PLAN involving Israel’s concessions of land and Jerusalem to the Jews-Hating Muslims and the disgusting deniers of the Holocaust”?
But as Obama’s hidden video tape and intentions are gradually uncovered, including his hasty acts against Israel, and his denouncing the Holocaust exposed as one of the most eloquent hypocrisies in World History, his humbly begged and Islamically re-painted “Final Solution” is cheap-sold to the dreaming “masters of the world” from a visibly weakening U.S. world status.
It is all gradually unfolding as if Obama is wishing to paint the Islamic moon-crescent on the United States flag; as if the Islamic trouble making around the world is accepted by the West.
What are the facts?
One may first visit Mindanao, in the Philippines where Muslims endlessly fight the Christians, claiming more land and not happy with the autonomy they have. They want it all, for Mindanao was once under the occupation of a Muslim Sultan. Agreements based on concessions do not hold [Cf. the famous Mohammed-Kuraish Agreement] There is no end to the dispute; the fighting Muslims would never stop claiming more land from the Christians, and murdering them just for being Christians, with Islamic Iranian-Hamas support, as in the Mideast.
One must next go to the border between Muslim Pakistan and India. Again a land dispute over a small territory that at any time may erupt as an atomic war.
Obama is boldly pressing the state of Israel to give more and more land concessions to its Muslim enemies while preventing its breakfast military action against Iran for state and people sheer survival.
Obama’s mind has long been fixed on such a “Final Solution”.
Was there a speaker in Berlin that spoke about :Final solution”?
Did the Palestinian muslim Mufti visited that Speaker to coordinate that solution?
Well, the Almighty took that speaker deep into Russia causing his army at the gates of the Holy Land to fail, was not it so?
Today Iran is the arch enemy of Israel, and with fanatic Islamists around the globe, is now happy by Obama’s arresting Israel while “outreaching to Iran”.
On the ground however, in acts, in reality, Obama’s Rhetoric Plan has only accelerated Iran’s project to launch a ballistic missile equipped with an atomic bomb to “Wipe Israel off the Map” while denying the Holocaust and giving hope to Muslim and non-Muslim anti-Semitics.
Obama’s Final Solution clock now ticks faster. [Addendum I].
This ticking bomb is dangerous today to the stability of the Mideast Region more than Japan had been to the survival of the United States in 1945.
Any hate-based demand by Obama for more land concessions in the Israeli-Arab conflict is clearly not going to bring a lasting peace. Only to wipe Israel off the map and get all the Holy Land territory may satisfy Iran and Muslim terrorists; until their next demand.
In 1947 the United Nations General Assembly voted yes for the creation of two states in Palestine: One Jewish, one Arab.
What next happened to that UN decision? Most old Arabs know but refrain from mentioning it now.
Yes. The Jews accepted it, the Arabs rejected. Now, for the uninformed they ressurect it as “peace:, and we already know by verifiable, repeated facts what these peace imposters mean by peace.
On May 15, 1948 five Arab armies invaded the one-day-old Israel, and lost. Since then they have lost more wars against Israel. Then Egypt and later Jordan made peace with Israel.
Almost all Palestinians are Arab Muslims, like Jordanians, Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc. They control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel has been established in 1948 only on about one-tenth of 1 percent of the region.
No matter how many additional land concessions Israel may make in the future, it will never be enough for fanatic Muslims like Hamas and Iran, and for some peace imposters Muslims. What most want is to wipe off the map the most successful state that, for 61 years, has exposed them in shame.
So to eliminate that shame Obama tries, in vain, to sell Israel. But can Obama he sell a land that is not his without the owner’s consent?
There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians.
The Holy Land, the sole home in the entire globe of the Nation of Israel, is the land that includes the ruins of its First and Second Temples of Jerusalem.
It was pagan Rome that expelled its Hebrews rom their promised land for their epic historical fights for freedom of culture; for preserving its tradition and original Abrahamic Monotheistic religion; that of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Behai. [App. VI, ["Philosophy, Science & Religion", Photon03, SCRIBD] And we know what happened to Rome.
So far the [wrong] possibility pressed by at least 31-years-Muslim Obama, is that Israel cannot resort to breakfast military action against Nazi-Iran; Israel, by Obama uncompromising, hate-policy, must just wait to be attacked with nuclear weapons; just give Peace Imposters Palestinians more land.
But for the shear sake of survival Israel cannot even think to wait for the Obama’s-caused, catastrophic lunch. In fact, none in similar situation can.
A back-home-striking analogy applies to the now exposed Obama:
The Europeans are not going to further help the U.S. in Afghanistan unless it first offers concessions to Osama Bin Laden.
Benjamin Gal-Or
28 August 2009 at 23:29 EDT
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I am quoting you in my August 2009 Edition of my book on Scribd [Benjamin Gal-Or]
The next issue is what would you think if Husain Obama indeed harbors deep-seated past fixation that is so strong that he may next act only via this fixation — no matter what the polls say — and may even go by this negative feeling all the way as to become [political] suicider?
Benjamin Gal-Or [Photon03], SCRIBD
Tony Steinback
6 June 2009 at 07:15 EDT
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It’s a refreshing change to hear the words of the American President. It has been long over-due to the people of the United States and considering the American influence around the world, it’s been much awaited in every country. Sadly, it may be a case of a great speaker and a bad administrator. The eloquent and powerful speeches seem to be losing its charm, considering the actual action he has taken.
Thani Malai
17 June 2009 at 14:01 EDT
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Dear Tony,
Just hold yourself and please do not suffer from premature ej———–n.
All decisions expressed will become actions, please be patient.
adil mh
6 June 2009 at 08:36 EDT
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Mr. President your message from Cairo Al Azher Univ. to the Islamic World was a pleasant breeze of a definite hope of a unified effort between the Muslims and the Americans to inclusively make this world better. Mr. President your expressions gave a great hope for all those Muslims who in past have been subject to uncertain relations with America and its people.
It will also help the American people to look at the unfortunate incidents like 9/11 and Terror acts by a very small minority who unfortunately call themselves Muslim fundamentalists in different parts of the world, as acts of mindless few who are seen by the Muslims and World in general as threat to the Muslim cause and the Islamic Ethos.
We expect the Palestinians to forget and forgive the Israelis who are apparently seem responsible for 60 long years of aggression, isolation, abuse, insecurity, destabilization, forced occupation, loss of home, loss of opportunity, loss of self-respect, disrespected leaders, pained women and children losing there loved ones. in hopeless conditions of grave darkness of uncertainties and abuse of all kinds.
All this in the shadow of all powerful weaponry of the Israelis in Uniform looking for reason to punish and abuse the blood of the Palestinians for decades. World has seen it all. Now we expect them to forget and forgive in hope of Peace and well being of its people, and their adversaries Israelis. Well well..
We can’t put a blind eye on attacks in the past on the innocent Israeli People who lost their lives for no mistake of theirs. The people in Israel also became targets to the Palestinian extremist groups too. A helpless suppressed lot if Palestinian expressed their agony and pain by resorting to acts of terror, with out caring for their and their loved ones lives.
As a child I remember the first Al Fatha lady Suicide Bomber who was motivated kill herself and many others in Israel in early seventies. She can be a martyr for many but, she has done no good to Mankind or to the Palestinian Cause.
But, But…. one has to think what made her to kill herself so mercilessly with out caring for her loved ones?
We know Islam will never approve killing of any innocent soul, on the other hand will condemn killing of innocent soul as killing of whole of Mankind.
Can the Israelis realise the amount of pain and agony that brings on being hostage in your own country, for generations. Yes I believe they can realise as the history shows us that for hundreds of years in past Jews were subjected to such pain but never at the hands of the Muslims, or Islamic Rulers, and Nations. One needs to go deep and turn the pages of history to realise this fact.
History of yesteryears paves paths for present and future. Mr. Obama is a man with a golden heart and he cares for the people of Palestine.
It is important to spell the action the American administration proposes, in the event if the Israelis are adamant on their stand and do not peacefully agree for a two nation solution to the whole middle east issue.
The Palestinians, Arab and Islamic World, Europeans, Asians and the African agree for the two nations, Obama with a golden heart for peace to prevail will be firm and committed with people of United States desires a respectful living for the people of both Israel and Palestine.
But, but… in the event Israel continues to disrespect the feelings of the world community and their willingness to reach a respectable solution with out conflict of any kind, what is the option the world has to offer, will Mr Obama and his Administration be assertive enough to say to Israel enough is enough, you have no choice but to respect the world opinion and agree on two nations solution and give the people of Israel the most needed relief and option for lasting peace with its neighbour Palestine.
The body language of Mr. Netanyahu in his meeting with Mr. Obama when he met him in US was of low in energy that could be instrumental in forging a solution as we expect. A Two Nation Solution to M E.
Failure and non co operation from Israel will put the world which hopes for a lasting solution for M E in a very uncertain phase. It would be very unfortunate is such situation is born due to lack of wisdom on the part of Israel.
Decades of Experience has shown us that your processors though willed to put this issue to rest on peace lines, with great truthful intentions, every time they fall short of belling Israel. I have strong belief that this time with your noble intentions and persuasion with the blessings of Creator of this Universe the God of All Human beings, your are the blessed President of America and its People are destined to achieve the goal of bringing lasting peace to Middle East by making Two nations Israel and Palestine a reality in your time.
As peace is always and will always be Priceless, Mr. President this time let Peace stay for ever in the homes of Palestinians and Israelis. With formation of Two happy nations Israel and Palestine - Inshallah (God willing) That will be moment of celebration for mankind
In the light of Mr. Obama’s commitment that Americans will not show their back to the people of Palestine in persuasion of their legitimate right of a Nation of their own.
“Let there be no doubt: The situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. And America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.”(President Obama said in Al Azhar in Cairo on 4th june.2009 addressing the Muslim World.)
Mr. Obama is seen as Messiah of peace and a man who is on mission of serious business. Obama is not just another President of America. He works for time frames in the light of truth and facts.
Holy Bible tells us: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
The Messiah of the Suppressed and the Disadvantaged ended his one hour talk saying.
The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God’s vision. Now that must be our work here on Earth.
It will not be easy for Israel to be evasive this time, with this President of American people who is fast paving a path to hold the honour of being accepted as Un Crowned Prince of those suppressed, disadvantaged, and truthful people of the World.
For them surely Mr. President you are their voice. I wish I could share the air you breath in.
Obama with his courageous speech and display of confidence and will to March on the path of rightful horizons for beautiful people of the world, under the cover of Almighty.
Arnulfo Cosio
7 June 2009 at 09:26 EDT
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When is Obama and the rest of the world understand that once the muslims and palestinians recognize Israel’s right to exist, things can move forward by renuoncing violence against Israel and establishing the Palestinian State, is it too much to ask ???????.
That land was given to them (the Jews) hundreds of centuries ago by God, way before all the prophets and seudo saviors of humanity (including Obama) were born, and they have recognized the necessity of sharing to have peace,
Is this so hard to understand ??????
arthur
7 June 2009 at 13:20 EDT
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the 2 state solution has already been implemented. the british left, dividing their mandate into a state for the jews, israel, and a state for the palastinians, jordan.
why is this historical fact neglected.
why is israel expected to give up part of it’s homeland just because the palastinians couldn’t get their act together with the hashemites, the ruling class in jordan?
Prem Nizar Hameed
8 June 2009 at 00:45 EDT
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President Obama’s intention is good. And if the past offers some inspirations to move forward or some lessons to learn, we should take them with us for the present and for the future. Otherwise leave them behind forever. Obama might have gone through this. And he seems to be in the White House to remove some black spots from the minds of people at home and abroad. Optimism is the essence of his speech. But actions must gradually take over all the pleasing words he had delivered. Lincoln once told he had destroyed his enemies by making them friends. What an insight! And his bold step helped eradicate slavery. Any outcome is not expected overnight. In politics, political opportunism is dangerous. Even if he and his like minded are sincerely on the move towards peace and tranquility, the hardliners from every part of the world await chances of his wrong steps.Religious interferences some times deviate the process of a good proposal or come as stumbling blocks. President Obama has to brave and take up all such challenges, if he really wants to translate his vision. So, all the peace loving citizens of the world hope that the long standing conflicts will come one by one in the funeral queue with an epitaph.
Ajmal Abbasi
8 June 2009 at 02:49 EDT
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I think it’s high time for Obama to practically prove his slogan of CHANGE. Now, he should wash the stains that have been put by previous Presdents of America. He will have to reduce the dfferences between Muslims, Christians and Jews by putting forward the same laws and rules for all of them. An independence Palestinians state is the right of Palestinians which can’t be denied by any one and by denying this right, peace in middle east is simply impossible.
JOSE OLIVERA-URUGUAY
8 June 2009 at 14:05 EDT
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Feliitaciones Sr.Presidente, repito, “Bendito el Pacificador porque él será hijo de Dios”!!
Ade Adegoke
Location: Ireland
9 June 2009 at 09:32 EDT
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And he said the youths hold the key to the future,we youths have to embrace change the old guys will pass ,if we embrace the change now ,by the time we get old the world will be more peaceful and in harmony.
andrew hoellering
Location: uk
9 June 2009 at 10:41 EDT
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This was a wise speech by a man who may well turn out to be the greatest American president since Lincoln -if all goes according to plan!
It’s a good sign that it was criticised by extremists on both sides.
The Jewish settlers may not like it, but what Obama had to say represents the only real hope for peace- but that to happen the continuing rocket attacks on Israel must cease, otherwise Israelis will continue to consider themselves at war.
Thierry
Location: Rwanda
10 June 2009 at 05:00 EDT
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This is Paul KAGAME but from USA
David Leeson
Location: Vermont, US
10 June 2009 at 07:55 EDT
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I voted for Obama and will do so again in a heart beat largely because of his common sense approach and lack of better alternative for now.
Unfortunately, I am getting a little bit apprehensive in recent times of his remarks and posturing. In my opinion, he has been too apologetic and sucking up to the muslim world. I am all for peace but not peace at the cost of short selling your own people.
Where is Africa in Obama’s plans? Where are the Americas?
The image his utterances to the muslim world are portraying around the non-muslim world is that “if you do not fly planes into buildings, blow yourself up in public places, kidnap or behead westerners and display them on national TV, etc” then you are not of any great importance.
Шурик
Location: Australia
24 September 2009 at 15:05 EDT
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И всё таки вы написали..
ron
Location: No need of help obama
10 June 2009 at 08:57 EDT
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obama is the enemy of Israel. not interested in his words.
mohammad shahadat hossain
11 June 2009 at 00:25 EDT
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Thank you
Benjamin Gal-Or
5 July 2009 at 13:45 EDT
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Obama is patently wrong about the definition and meaning of “peace” and “2-State Solution”.
An Example: In a sermon delivered by Sheik Muhammad Al-Muraikhi, which aired on Qatar TV on January 9, 2009, Al-Muraikhi stated ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]:
We do not treat the Jews as our enemies just because they occupied Palestine, or because they occupied a precious part of our Arab and Islamic world. We will treat the Jews as our enemies even if they return Palestine to us, because they are infidels.
The “foremost Sunni Arab authority”, the Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, the Grand Cleric of Al-Azhar Mosque and of Al-(Azhar) Cairo University, where Obama launched, on June 4, 2009, his reach speech to the World of Islam, had proclaimed to the world, in April 2002, that
Jews are “descendants of apes and pigs.” ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]
Obama had selected Al-Jazeera – the Muslims’ major TV – as the first one to interview him as the new president of the United States. In a sermon aired there on January 9, 2009, the Muslim scholar and preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated:
“Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people. Oh Allah, do not spare a single one of them. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.”
Eight days later the Muslim cleric Muhammad Hussein Yacoub stated on Al-Rahma TV:
“Our fighting with the Jews is eternal. We will fight, defeat, and annihilate them, until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth… As for you Jews, whose ancestors were apes and pigs, ….” ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]
Palestinian preacher Sheikh Ibrahim Mahdi Ibrahim proclaims to the world:
Nothing will deter [the Jews] except for us voluntarily detonating ourselves in their midst. They have nuclear power, but we … blow them up in Tel Aviv.” “One of the Jews’ evil deeds is what has come to be called ‘the Holocaust,’ — the slaughter of the Jews by Nazism. However, revisionists [historians] have proven that this crime, carried out against some of the Jews, was planned by the Jews’ leaders, and was part of their policy.” ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]
Rooted Arab anti-Semitism was primarily imported from Europe, largely by Christian Arabs["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]
That import caused, inter alia, the Damascus Libel-Massacre/Mass-Murder of Jews from 1840 to 1908. [A Christian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus immediately followed by European-Style libel against many Jews in the city, charging them with use of Christian blood in their religious rituals. All were found guilty. ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]
This famous “verdict” has led to multiple massacre-pogroms; the Killing of Jews throughout the Mideast Muslim World ["Obama Popcorn Movie" SCRIBD]:
Jerusalem (1847), Damascus (1840, 1848, 1890), Beirut (1862, 1874), Cairo (1844, 1890, 1901-02), Alexandria (1870, 1882, 1901-07), Port Said (1903, 1908), Istanbul (1870, 1874), Izmir (1872, 1874), Buyukdere (1864), Kuzguncuk (1866), Eyub (1868), Edirne (1872), Aleppo (1850, 1875), Damanhur (1871, 1873, 1877, 1891), Dayr al-Qamar (1847), Mansura (1877)
It is, therefore, highly misleading to state, inter alia by Obama, that once the land conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinians is resolved, a lasting peace would be established. As proved above, the Islamic anti-Semitism is deeply rooted for at least 170 years. It is not hate based on a land issue.
It is the “eternal” hate stated stated above by a Muslim Leader and aired to the entire Muslim World, in Arabic, via a well-calculated decision.
It preceded any land dispute in Palestine; any issue of Palestinians; It is this proclaimed eternal hate that drives Muslims to murder Jews even if all Palestine is given to them.
To consider a ‘2-State Peace Plan’ the Arabic Muslims must work very hard to convince the majority of Hebrews that their anti-Semitic hate has evaporated by visible, bona fide acts and facts; a Muslims’ job for one generation at least.
But so far Obama’s past and recent acts only build the opposite expectations among Muslims.
Example:
An Arab email published in early June 2009 in Ynet online Newspaper-Comments in Israel proclaims to the world that:
It is Obama who is finally ending the Chosen People; that the forthcoming movie would be very funny; that Muslims have already bought popcorn to watch it, for the Muslims have nothing else to do next but watch and laugh as Iran wipe off the map the Jewish state while Obama is preventing it from striking Iran first; same Muslims were previously caught on video dancing on their roof tops after watching the 9/11 Muslim attack on the United States; attack that had killed more than 3,000 civil Americans;
Yes! Same ones who in 1947 rejected the “2-State Solution:
Same ones who now reject a Jewish State. same ones who invaded the Jewish State in May 1948 and lost in shame.
OK. Let them cook their own next failure, as in 1948, in 19…, 19…, etc. They neither need help from the Hebrews nor any further outreach on the part of the Jewish state. NOTHING. But there is much more to that, as detailed in “Obama Popcorn Movie” SCRIBD.
Benjamin Gal-Or
13 July 2009 at 01:21 EDT
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Can Peace Imposters Palestinians ever Stop supporting Terrorism?
Is a time-invariant Personal Fixation the Safest U.S. Policy for Security?
FACTS Vs QUESTIONS:
To seal a lasting peace with Japan, the U.S. had to drop two, not one, atom bombs on highly populated cities.
Was it a war crime?
Next the U.S. bombed the Islamic Terrorist State Libya, and that stopped it to act as a terrorist state.
Was that a war crime?
Is anyone honest and responsible to humanity has been trying, with past personal-fixation and humility to Islam, to negotiate with the Islamic Terrorist State Iran about being a bit less of a terrorist state while doing almost the same with Iran’s brother-state: Syria?
Should, for consistency, the U.S. negotiate next with Hamas and Osama Bin Laden to be moderate terrorists?
With N. Korea & Russia providing Iran with advanced weapons that Iran ships to terrorists in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and around the world, Obama’s outreach to No. 1 state terrorist is unfolding as irreversibly weakening the U.S. and the West.
Should Americans, and in particular American law makers, follow such a personally-pre-fixed, begging-asking acts that do not even reach the level of being wrong?
Is this pre-fixation only encourages Islamic Palestinians Peace Imposters and other Islamic imposters-terrorists to increase their demands beyond their daily pogrom dreams in the name of GOD? [Photon03 SCRIBD]
juda4ever
Location: ISRAEL IS NOT MY JEWISH NATION
31 July 2009 at 16:52 EDT
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no wonder these right wing zionist pay the terrisot to do their DIRTY WORK
is osama bin laden working for israel or mossad israeli secert agents.
Al qidea is working for israel . these
zionist pay terrorist to kill Israeli women and children . zionist jews will pay hamas money to kill good jews and good muslims AND CHRISTANS !!!
ISRAELI’S MUST STAND UP AGAINST
THEIR OWN ISRAEL NAZI NATION ..
YES IT IS A FACT AND THE TRUTH IS THAT ZIONIST ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE THE ONES WHO ATTACKED AMERICA ON SEPT. 11 2001
AND ZIONIST ISRAEL PLAN THE WHOLE THING IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH THE HELP FROM THE SAUDI’S .
ZIONIST ISRAEL IS A NATION OF COWARDS AND BACKSTABBERS !!!!
krulayar
1 August 2009 at 14:34 EDT
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ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY IS ALREADY ON EARTH !!!
The sigh of His arrival: A face in the sky video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_OAauYfPwE
For details:
Please stop in http://manaalmahdi.wordpress.com
Please refer to someone incharge fitted whatever doctrine you are.
This is an exceptionally distinguished essence fitted all mankind.
Thanks,
Krulayar
krulayar
11 August 2009 at 12:45 EDT
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Video update: english version
The sign of The Almighty’s arrival: A face in the sky video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIsZ9bXqhxA