Varying Responses to Speech in Mideast Highlight Divisions

New York Times by Isabel Kershner, Robert W. Worth, Michael Slackman | Jun. 4, 2009 (News Analysis)

President Obama’s carefully balanced message was greeted warmly by his immediate audience in Cairo on Thursday and in some other parts of the Mideast, but there was also dismissiveness and frustration. And among Israelis and Palestinians, reactions to a message designed to open each side up to the other seemed rather to reflect the fractures between them. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Religion
Topics: Middle East, Israel, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Islam, Judaism, Palestinian Authority
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