Ali Abunimah

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2008

Congratulations pour in from around the world for President-elect Barack Obama after his historic victory Tuesday night. But what are Obama’s foreign policy positions, and what are the concerns for those living in countries at the target end of US foreign policy?

[Landis Comment]  Syria is expecting change with Obama’s election. The Syrian people were overwhelmingly in favor of Obama. The Syrian leadership are Obama fans as well because he promises to draw down the US involvement in Iraq within the next two years, re-open regular US communication with Syria, and follow the recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton report, which stressed on the importance of resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Dear Senator Obama:

In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words “hope and change,” “change and hope” have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is an asymmetry between those objectives and your political character that succumbs to contrary centers of power that want not “hope and change” but the continuation of the power-entrenched status quo.

There is a lot of discussion about a Khalidi tape in the political blogosphere as of lately.

Here is a YouTube video of Sean Hannity discussing the background behind Rashid Khalidi and his association with Barack Obama.

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For some reason Jews in the US have always voted Democrat by quite a large margin, and this election is proving no different.

In a carefully worded rebuttal to the Odinga issue Barack Obama's Fight the Smears" page does not deny Raila Odinga is Obama's cousin.