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WATCH: Obama calls for peace in Rosh Hashanah message
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Rosh Hashanah 

In a Rosh Hashanah greeting to Jews the world over, U.S. President Barack Obama called for the rejection of "the impulse to harden ourselves to others' suffering," urging empathy and "compassion to those in need."



The first African-American president also called for resistance to "prejudice, intolerance and indifference" and for a strong stance against what he described as "the scourge of anti-Semitism, which is still prevalent in far too many corners of our world."
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Obama also expressed the desire to "work to achieve lasting peace and security for the state of Israel, so that the Jewish state is fully accepted by its neighbors, and its children can live their dreams free from fear."

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      1.   lovely... 15:58  |  Martin 18/09/09
      2.   Peace? ha, ha, ha 16:50  |  Mark Lincoln 18/09/09
      3.   Beautiful words from a decent man! 19:23  |  Maurice 18/09/09
      4.   Mr. Lincoln 20:24  |  Martin Apelbaum 18/09/09
      5.   sick of Obama`s worthless sentiments 20:52  |  Mark 18/09/09
      6.   Mark Lincoln 06:29  |  Connie 19/09/09
      7.   Seek ye first The Kingdom of God 06:42  |  Shimon Cleopas 19/09/09
      8.   Beautiful succinct sermon from a wonderful man 10:55  |  strangelove 19/09/09
      9.   Jews dont need "beautiful words" and seders from him 12:34  |  Alan SA 19/09/09
      10.   Anti-semitism? 12:43  |  jose m. reyes 19/09/09
      11.   The world loves to memorialize dead Jews 15:41  |  Shep Fargotstein 19/09/09
      12.   #7 "Jews don`t need beautiful words from Obama" 15:57  |  strangelove 19/09/09
      13.   Mr Obama`s used a most interesting phrase ... 17:45  |  Morris Valentine 19/09/09
      14.   # 10 ever heard of "the arab peace initiative", morris? 21:11  |  eric 19/09/09
      15.   Great? 21:18  |  Ricky 19/09/09
      16.   President Obama calls for peace. 22:58  |  Rina Eliashar 19/09/09
      17.   #11 Eric you could not be MORE wrong 23:38  |  Danny 19/09/09
      18.   To Eric (#11) 02:33  |  Morris Valentine 20/09/09
      19.   # 15 to morris re: the initatiative 11:11  |  eric 20/09/09
      20.   To Eric (#19): You`re still missing the point 17:23  |  Morris Valentine 20/09/09
      21.   # 20 now THERE; you`ve said it, morris 07:45  |  eric 21/09/09
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