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Israelophil Obama angers Palestinians Press
TV Barack Obama has angered Palestinians after promising 'unshakable commitment' to Israel's security in his first foreign policy speech. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday provoked a foreign policy row with Palestinian leaders for his pro-Israeli remarks. In his first foreign policy speech of the general election, he said "I will bring to the White House an unshakeable commitment to Israel's security." "The bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, unbreakable tomorrow, and unbreakable for ever." "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided," Obama said. Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that Obama's show of support for Israel was "very moving," AFP reported. Israel captured east al-Quds on June 7, 1967, during the Six-Day War. Following the war the Israeli regime occupied the entire city, in which it is now building settlements. Obama's comments on Al-Quds triggered wide-scale condemnation from across the Palestinian political wings.
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