Obama in Cairo: See conflict through eyes of the other

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Interesting article regarding the Jewish perspective of President Obama’s speech this past week in Cairo

(JTA) — Reiterating his call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Obama called on each side to see the conflict through the eyes of the other.

In a wide-ranging address Thursday in Cairo that touched upon America’s history with Muslims, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, and the need for democracy, religious freedom and women’s rights in the Muslim world, Obama identified the Israeli-Arab conflict as a source of major tension.

The president staked out no new ground on the issue — repeating his call for Israel to freeze settlement construction and for the Palestinians, including Hamas, to put and end to violence and recognize Israel’s right to exist — but the speech gave Obama an opportunity to convey the new administration’s positions directly to the world’s Muslim public, to whom the speech was addressed.

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