Obama: Israel is ‘A Constant Sore’

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Mon May 12, 2008 at 5:20 pm PDT • Views: 514

In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic, Barack Obama presents himself as the best friend Israel ever had.

Then he proceeds to call Israel a “constant sore” that “infects all of our foreign policy:” Obama on Zionism and Hamas.

JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas?

BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy.

(Hat tip: Protein Wisdom.)

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