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Obama to tell Rabin memorial: U.S.-Israel alliance is unbreakable
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Palestinians 

The alliance between Israel and the United States is unbreakable, U.S. President Barack Obama will tell Israelis at a memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday night.

Obama will make the comments in a videotaped message in which he also will pledge that U.S. support for Israel's defense will never be undermined.

The video is another step in the U.S. leader's attempt to speak directly to the Israeli public in light of the very low level of support he has among Israelis.
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Obama will also tell Israelis that the U.S. will never give up on its joint goal with Israel to reach a just peace and coexistence between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab world.

He will also mention the legacy left by Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995 by a Jewish extremist.

Several polls over the past few months show the American president has won the support of only 6 percent to 10 percent of the Israeli public, with people saying Obama does not support Israel.

Obama's advisers are worried about his lack of popularity and the expressed feeling that he is hostile to Israel. They believe this seriously harms his ability to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. Obama's advisers see this as the reason why Israelis view his diplomatic initiatives on both Iran and the Palestinians so negatively.



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      1.   Percentages 20:11  |  Peter 29/10/09
      2.   "mention the legacy left by Rabin". What is Rabin legacy? 20:46  |  Joseph .E 29/10/09
      3.   obama and the big lie 21:40  |  jon 29/10/09
      4.   Israel Views Him Negatively Because... 21:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 29/10/09
      5.   JP says 6-10%.?. I read elsewhere 4%.I dont blame the 96% negativ 22:06  |  Alan SA 29/10/09
      6.   Yeah, but did anyone bother to check for the presence 22:15  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 29/10/09
      7.   Wrong Message 22:18  |  Bryan 29/10/09
      8.   Israelis dream too, but are essentially realists. (3rd try). 22:19  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/10/09
      9.   Yaakov, the delectable turncoat, please tell us 22:53  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 29/10/09
      10.   Obama and the Big Lie 04:34  |  George Smith 30/10/09
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      12.   Obama=Rhetoric 05:52  |  marat 30/10/09
      13.   People are sick of this alliance today. 12:06  |  Dutch 30/10/09
      14.   There is really no "alliance" as such 19:43  |  hollingsworth 30/10/09
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