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U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. (AP)
Last update - 00:00 16/02/2007
Sen. Obama: U.S. must support Israel's right to self defense
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent

WASHINGTON - United States Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois who is competing for his party's presidential nomination, told Haaretz on Thursday that the United States should help protect Israel from its "dangerous" enemies.

"My view is that the United States' special relationship with Israel obligates us to be helpful to them in the search for credible partners with whom they can make peace, while also supporting Israel in defending itself against enemies sworn to its destruction," he said.

"Israelis want more than anything to live in peace with their neighbors, but Israel also has real - and very dangerous - enemies," Obama said.
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Obama, the first black candidate with a real chance at the Democratic nomination, intends to present his policy regarding Israel soon, and his staff has been drafting a speech on the subject.

In his speech, Obama intends to remove any doubts that the Democratic Party's donors and constituents, many of whom are Jewish, may have about his support for Israel.

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  1.   Obama is a fresh face and I look forward hearing his agenda 05:14  |  albert amato 16/02/07
  2.   Obama 05:21  |  Lynn 16/02/07
  3.   Obama doesn`t mean it! 05:39  |  Rich 16/02/07
  4.   What about the Palestinians Osama?? I mean Obama? 06:07  |  Concerned 16/02/07
  5.   Be careful of Obama..... 06:50  |  Tom 16/02/07
  6.   to concerned and rich 07:02  |  Dave from Chicago 16/02/07
  7.   Special relationship? Please explain!!!! 07:13  |  Almeera 16/02/07
  8.   to Tom #5 07:14  |  Dave from Chicago 16/02/07
  9.   Why doesn`t any U.S. politician say that about Palestinians? 07:28  |  Michael Weiner 16/02/07
  10.   Dear Concerned 07:56  |  Brad 16/02/07
  11.   Tom 08:10  |  Walid 16/02/07
  12.   Give Obama a chance! 08:20  |  sg 16/02/07
  13.   Time to kiss up to Israel 08:51  |  John 16/02/07
  14.   Guiliani 08:53  |  david 16/02/07
  15.   Democrates help Israel? 08:54  |  Frank 16/02/07
  16.   Obama, who ? 08:54  |  Nora 16/02/07
  17.   Trust those wish harm to Jews? 09:02  |  Denton 16/02/07
  18.   Sweet talk BEFORE elections !! 09:02  |  Aaron 16/02/07
  19.   On The Other Hand... 09:05  |  Yosemite 16/02/07
  20.   Idiot 09:05  |  Paulo 16/02/07
  21.   Stop pimping with the Pals lives 09:12  |  Sam (UK) 16/02/07
  22.   Geuss What # 5, It`s not the USA who should decide on your behalf 09:27  |  Simon Mohammed 16/02/07
  23.   to # 6, I do Agree with you, changing attitude.... 09:31  |  Simon Mohammed 16/02/07
  24.   Obama is a slave to the Jewish Puppeteer 09:43  |  Ari 16/02/07
  25.   The brilliant young senator from Illinois. 09:51  |  sandra chitayat. 16/02/07
  26.   Obama, Osama, Hozana 09:51  |  Markus 16/02/07
  27.   educating Michael Weiner 10:07  |  paul 16/02/07
  28.   Three sentences constitutes an "interview"? 10:09  |  Richard Silverstein 16/02/07
  29.   will Obama invite Osama to white house? 10:13  |  BamaSama 16/02/07
  30.   Republicans are two-faced when it comes to israel. 10:15  |  Devin 16/02/07
  31.   Israel wants peace 10:26  |  Paddy 16/02/07
  32.   Israel ties are justified because : 10:26  |  Mike 16/02/07
  33.   answer to Almira 10:43  |  David 16/02/07
  34.   Prostitution 10:46  |  Abby 16/02/07
  35.   translated to english means 10:57  |  zionist forever 16/02/07
  36.   Obama to help Israel defend itself 11:47  |  Ren 16/02/07
  37.   Obama, defend Israel from itself ! 12:03  |  Joe 16/02/07
  38.   RE:13 - give obama a chance 12:15  |  zionist forever 16/02/07
  39.   #11.BRAD. Just 4U my friend. 12:26  |  Brad 16/02/07
  40.   Michael Weiner 12:36  |  Barry 16/02/07
  41.   John of Seatle#14.The kiss up 12:36  |  Jim Boy 16/02/07
  42.   Paddy of Cork # 33 12:42  |  ChanahS 16/02/07
  43.   United States "SHOULD" help protect Israel 12:57  |  Joe barnathan 16/02/07
  44.   I`ve been wrong all along 12:59  |  clickfool 16/02/07
  45.   TO ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO HATE USA AND ISRAEL 13:04  |  Lavi 16/02/07
  46.   To #42 Brad 13:08  |  Frank 16/02/07
  47.   Irish ignorance from Paddy 13:09  |  Ashamed Paddy 16/02/07
  48.   Irish ignorance from Paddy 13:09  |  Ashamed Paddy 16/02/07
  49.   Important effort 13:09  |  Pepe 16/02/07
  50.   To paddy 13:10  |  alonitzafonie 16/02/07
  51.   closuero 13:17  |  alonitzafoni 16/02/07
  52.   #33, less paddy for breakfast! 13:17  |  Sam 16/02/07
  53.   to zionist forever 13:23  |  alonitzafoni 16/02/07
  54.   help us defend ourselves lol!!! 13:27  |  alonitzafoni 16/02/07
  55.   Obama , Obama , content , substance not sloganeering 13:27  |  Joseph E . 16/02/07
  56.   #8 14:14  |  From the Moon 16/02/07
  57.   Haaretz Editors 14:19  |  Jane 16/02/07
  58.   On Obama 14:28  |  Jane 16/02/07
  59.   Special relationship 14:29  |  Jameel Muhommad 16/02/07
  60.   Israel needs new strategy 14:37  |  Brod 16/02/07
  61.   Obama is PATHETIC 14:53  |  Rubin 16/02/07
  62.   # 22 Clickfool and his one-trick pony 14:55  |  albert amato 16/02/07
  63.   #48 Lavi 15:08  |  North American 16/02/07
  64.   # 22 Clickfool @ U.K of Engl and Sus sex included 15:11  |  Joseph E . 16/02/07
  65.   Obama just lost my support 15:17  |  Hish 16/02/07
  66.   The duty of a US politician 15:25  |  Hany 16/02/07
  67.   TO LAVI 15:34  |  Mohammed 16/02/07
  68.   Jim Boy # 44 15:39  |  ChanahS 16/02/07
  69.   Clickfool and Hannah are conspicuously absent 15:48  |  Sarah 16/02/07
  70.   Worth of Jew`s limb 15:53  |  R Warren 16/02/07
  71.   Ashamed Paddy 15:56  |  Sarah 16/02/07
  72.   Osama bin Laden wants peace 15:56  |  Kirk 16/02/07
  73.   Dave from Chicago 16:04  |  Lynn 16/02/07
  74.   # 27 HUH? 16:08  |  Lynn 16/02/07
  75.   #21 Paulo (idiot) 16:11  |  Itsik 16/02/07
  76.   Obama toes the AIPAC line....Yawn 16:59  |  Dan 16/02/07
  77.   Paulo "Idiot" 17:04  |  Yehiel Shalev 16/02/07
  78.   "...and his `staff` have been drafting a speech" 17:27  |  curious 16/02/07
  79.   Occupation isn`t defense 17:28  |  Ted 16/02/07
  80.   Obama 17:30  |  curious 16/02/07
  81.   " we R Clickfool" 17:39  |  CLICKFOOL 16/02/07
  82.   For Sarah # 67 17:48  |  Clickfool 16/02/07
  83.   Obama 17:53  |  David 16/02/07
  84.   Dear Frank#49. What a pity. 18:09  |  Brad. 16/02/07
  85.   `Carter` the only honest statesman 18:34  |  MA 16/02/07
  86.   Obama 18:41  |  Saf 16/02/07
  87.   To #82 19:13  |  Frank 16/02/07
  88.   For Albert Amato # 65 19:23  |  Clickfool 16/02/07
  89.   Israelis want more than anything... 19:40  |  Michiel 16/02/07
  90.   Remember what Obama said about Hamas!! 20:17  |  Mike 16/02/07
  91.   What Obama isn`t saying about Israel 20:21  |  jan 16/02/07
  92.   Brad #87 20:27  |  Frank 16/02/07
  93.   #3 - Rich 20:59  |  MichaelF 16/02/07
  94.   Obama not experienced 21:05  |  MichaelF 16/02/07
  95.   #88 - MA 21:07  |  MichaelF 16/02/07
  96.   We trust only Rudi Giuliani and he is the next US President 21:16  |  e.m 16/02/07
  97.   #83, madrassa 21:33  |  Mark 16/02/07
  98.   Daivd - Italy 21:37  |  DinoN 16/02/07
  99.   The U.S. should only be worried about the U.S. 21:44  |  PlickPlick 16/02/07
  100.   Cute # 91 Clicky, he said your wife left. 21:53  |  albert amato 16/02/07
  101.   Typical Lefty - No Friend of Israel`s 21:56  |  Tod Zuckerman 16/02/07
  102.   Hold your horses 21:58  |  Baz Mann 16/02/07
  103.   Sen Obama 22:17  |  Rodney Stack 16/02/07
  104.   America, a land without self-respect, 22:37  |  Andreas 16/02/07
  105.   Sen. Obama: U.S. must support Israel`s right to self defense 22:42  |  Stephen H. Kogan 16/02/07
  106.   Obama, dick chaney and experience 23:13  |  Lubnani Yehudi 16/02/07
  107.   re: Itsick #78 23:21  |  Paulo 16/02/07
  108.   re: Yehiel #80 23:26  |  Paulo 16/02/07
  109.   WITHHOLDING JUDGEMENT 23:35  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/02/07
  110.   Like McGovern, Obama will be "behind Israel 1000%" 23:45  |  Dr. L. Brnd 16/02/07
  111.   Mohammed from Londonistan 00:06  |  Alex 17/02/07
  112.   clickFOOL 00:10  |  Alex 17/02/07
  113.   Kogan from NJ, Leftwingers are RIGHT 00:24  |  justiceseeker 17/02/07
  114.   Barack HUSSEIN Obama 01:30  |  Awake 17/02/07
  115.   Stephen Kogan #108 01:35  |  Persian Kitty 17/02/07
  116.   Obama is pandering 01:47  |  Aladin 17/02/07
  117.   To Alex From NY 01:49  |  Persian Kitty 17/02/07
  118.   #67 Judeo/Christian Values 01:56  |  Doouble Click 17/02/07
  119.   David James Vicery-On Sucking Up, etc 02:36  |  Harry D 17/02/07
  120.   Mark of Lewiston 02:44  |  Mark Lincoln 17/02/07
  121.   Oh really? 02:46  |  Mark Lincoln 17/02/07
  122.   Dr. L. Brnd - you forget 02:58  |  Mark Lincoln 17/02/07
  123.   The "Right of Self Defense." 03:02  |  Mark Lincoln 17/02/07
  124.   A muslim defending Israel?! 03:03  |  Zionist Forever 17/02/07
  125.   Tabula Rosa 03:03  |  Harry D 17/02/07
  126.   Obama "needs" to support nothing except... 03:27  |  Scramblepop 17/02/07
  127.   What if Obama must choose between defending Israel or war? 03:31  |  Dave Loev 17/02/07
  128.   Sen. Obama: U.S. must support Israel`s right to self defense 04:00  |  Doug Howard 17/02/07
  129.   obeisance to Israel 04:34  |  Doubtom 17/02/07
  130.   He lost my vote now 05:11  |  House Goy 17/02/07
  131.   Pretender Obama and you bought it! 05:34  |  Cheryl 17/02/07
  132.   Mark #124, lets agree to disagree on that 06:10  |  Dr. L. Brnd 17/02/07
  133.   To Sen.Obama:No Palestinian State in State of Israel 06:27  |  e.m 17/02/07
  134.   Re:Persian Kitty# 119 06:42  |  e.m 17/02/07
  135.   Very intellignet ("yes I am" he says) Paulo and his equation: 07:11  |  Yehiel Shalev 17/02/07
  136.   Mark Lincoln - Political Double Speak 07:29  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/02/07
  137.   America First 07:36  |  keith 17/02/07
  138.   Mark Lincoln - Jerry Ford 07:39  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/02/07
  139.   Zionist Forever 07:49  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/02/07
  140.   Obama and Lincoln 08:03  |  Joe Stein 17/02/07
  141.   He lost mine too ! 08:50  |  Charles 17/02/07
  142.   Clickfool evading the question #82 09:12  |  Sarah 17/02/07
  143.   To Ari #24 `Obama is...` 09:51  |  Colin Wright 17/02/07
  144.   Re #65 `Obama just lost my support.` 09:58  |  Colin Wright 17/02/07
  145.   Congratulations Israel 10:20  |  Jasem 17/02/07
  146.   Dave from Chicago #6 10:50  |  Palestinian 17/02/07
  147.   For Alex, on the American Jewish Lobby # 112 10:52  |  Clickfool 17/02/07
  148.   Maybe... 12:04  |  Ali 17/02/07
  149.   israels self defence 12:43  |  darryl 17/02/07
  150.   Clickfool 12:58  |  Tomas P 17/02/07
  151.   Shame on you Mr. Obama 13:25  |  Johny 17/02/07
  152.   to#4 What about coward terrorists hiding between civiliants 14:13  |  Jerry 17/02/07
  153.   to #9 Who is a real aggressor? 14:27  |  Jerry 17/02/07
  154.   For Tomas P # 150 14:29  |  Clickfool 17/02/07
  155.   #13 What is the other choice-kiss Bin Ladden and his supporters 14:57  |  Jerry 17/02/07
  156.   re: Yehiel #135 16:21  |  Paulo 17/02/07
  157.   mark of Lewiston 16:47  |  Danite 17/02/07
  158.   #153: Jerry, have you ever been to Israel/Palestine? 17:57  |  Spider 17/02/07
  159.   Clickfool #147 18:36  |  Sarah 17/02/07
  160.   Hello Danite 18:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/02/07
  161.   To e,m #134 19:53  |  Persian Kitty 17/02/07
  162.   Denton, you and your lobby put them there 20:08  |  Omar 17/02/07
  163.   Israel has a right to self-defense?-I start to like Obama! Let 20:53  |  Vittorio 17/02/07
  164.   The Absolute Necessity To Make Non-Controversial Statements 20:56  |  chet 17/02/07
  165.   paddy / cork 21:36  |  mark 17/02/07
  166.   To Persian Kitty # 162 21:57  |  e.m 17/02/07
  167.   To #158 22:10  |  Frank 17/02/07
  168.   Hello Mark of Lewiston 22:10  |  Danite 17/02/07
  169.   Response to Nora 22:42  |  John 17/02/07
  170.   #31 Paddy #47 #48 Ashamed Paddy # 23:01  |  Proud Paddy 17/02/07
  171.   HE IS NOT A MUSLIM 01:54  |  Jane 18/02/07
  172.   156: Paulo obfuscates as usual 10:38  |  David Teich 18/02/07
  173.   Israel 12:31  |  kenny bradford 18/02/07
  174.   173: Fantasies from springfield, Illinois 12:59  |  David Teich 18/02/07
  175.   What Does Obama Know? 18:09  |  Wolf 18/02/07
  176.   michael weiner 20:21  |  baruch yisroel 20/02/07
  177.   Agrre with u 04:59  |  Marky 21/02/07
  178.   Guliani The Next President!!! 05:06  |  Marky 21/02/07
  179.   Agree with you Dr.L. Brnd 05:13  |  Marky 21/02/07
  180.   178: Figures Marky`s from FL 10:15  |  David Teich 21/02/07
  181.   #32 02:08  |  James 07/01/08
  182.   peace 23:03  |  augustine 09/01/08
  183.   Occupation and Humiliation 03:29  |  Ari cohen 11/01/08
  184.   #9 The pals are international terrorists that`s why America hates 16:46  |  petra 25/02/08
  185.   #92 Frank G-d bles and keep you safe in Israel 17:08  |  petra 25/02/08
  186.   Supporting Israel 20:33  |  Michael 25/02/08
  187.   HE`LL SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED - WATCH OUT! DEVIL! 03:53  |  Rachel 26/03/08
  188.   Israel 06:05  |  Monica Stokes 18/10/08
  189.   Obama musn;t sleep 16:16  |  taki kasung 17/11/08
  190.   all okay 07:03  |  zack 06/01/09
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