This mission statement by Obama, although reassuring for pro-Israeli supporters, does not redress the daily realities faced by the Israelis. Both the Bush administration and President Obama support the implementation of two independent and democratic states, a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian State, "living side by side in peace and security." To the uninformed this ideal appears to be noble and forged in topical diplomacy as one expects from the United States. However, it ignores what politicians do not want to write or speak about. It assumes a utopian social design where ideology and religion do not clash. More so, it fails to acknowledge the historical fact that an Arab-Palestine State already existed east of the Jordan river since after World War I. It also ignores the mutually exclusive nature of Islam and other religions. Obama claims that Christianity and Islam are not mutually exclusive and share many issues of faith. This statement is proved false by a simple study of the main tenets of these religions. Both these religions claim to be the only true way to God, ergo mutually exclusive. Islam believes that in both Judaism and Christianity, their followers tailored the scriptures and whereas both Christianity and Judaism endorse atonement for sin, in Islam there is no forgiveness for sin by way of mere prayer.

The creation of a Palestinian State is a reasonable demand and even Israel will benefit from the establishment of a democratic Palestine. Both the Bush administration and President Obama recommended that Israel forces need to withdraw fully to positions they held prior to September 28, 2000 and Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories must stop. But the one fact that is overlooked is that the present-day State of Israel only occupies some 25% of the original Jewish Palestinian State established in 1947 under United Nations Resolution 181. In this United Nations sanctioned State Arabs and Jews were to share the land. But for the reasons mentioned, the Jews and Arabs could not co-exist in harmony. Propaganda in the media also overlooks the fact that Israel extended a life-line to the nearly 1 million Arabs occupying the Gaza Strip after Israel captured this territory in the 1967 six day war by allowing them to stay when the laws of war would have dictated that they vacate the Gaza Strip.

The truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it is a standoff between Israel and the entire Arab world and the reference to Palestinians in conflict with Israel is a misnomer and biased political rhetoric to foster the notion that the Palestinians have an entitlement to the Gaza Strip to the exclusion of Israel whereas Israel had in fact established a homeland for the Jews in the expanded Palestine territory 2000 years ago. The particular conviction over this issue will differ widely and the Arab world will not accept their 1967 defeat in war against Israel as binding. However the laws of war clearly provide that what one conquers in war becomes your property to the exclusion of the enemy and all nations are required to respect this title. As such Israel has the right to control and occupy the Gaza Strip as its own. For the sake of peace and social harmony in the Middle-East the only solution would be to acknowledge the Gaza Strip as Israeli territory acquired in 1967 by virtue of international law.

This mission statement by Obama, although reassuring for pro-Israeli supporters, does not redress the daily realities faced by the Israelis. Both the Bush administration and President Obama support the implementation of two independent and democratic states, a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian State, "living side by side in peace and security." To the uninformed this ideal appears to be noble and forged in topical diplomacy as one expects from the United States. However, it ignores what politicians do not want to write or speak about. It assumes a utopian social design where ideology and religion do not clash. More so, it fails to acknowledge the historical fact that an Arab-Palestine State already existed east of the Jordan river since after World War I. It also ignores the mutually exclusive nature of Islam and other religions. Obama claims that Christianity and Islam are not mutually exclusive and share many issues of faith. This statement is proved false by a simple study of the main tenets of these religions. Both these religions claim to be the only true way to God, ergo mutually exclusive. Islam believes that in both Judaism and Christianity, their followers tailored the scriptures and whereas both Christianity and Judaism endorse atonement for sin, in Islam there is no forgiveness for sin by way of mere prayer.

The creation of a Palestinian State is a reasonable demand and even Israel will benefit from the establishment of a democratic Palestine. Both the Bush administration and President Obama recommended that Israel forces need to withdraw fully to positions they held prior to September 28, 2000 and Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories must stop. But the one fact that is overlooked is that the present-day State of Israel only occupies some 25% of the original Jewish Palestinian State established in 1947 under United Nations Resolution 181. In this United Nations sanctioned State Arabs and Jews were to share the land. But for the reasons mentioned, the Jews and Arabs could not co-exist in harmony. Propaganda in the media also overlooks the fact that Israel extended a life-line to the nearly 1 million Arabs occupying the Gaza Strip after Israel captured this territory in the 1967 six day war by allowing them to stay when the laws of war would have dictated that they vacate the Gaza Strip.

The truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it is a standoff between Israel and the entire Arab world and the reference to Palestinians in conflict with Israel is a misnomer and biased political rhetoric to foster the notion that the Palestinians have an entitlement to the Gaza Strip to the exclusion of Israel whereas Israel had in fact established a homeland for the Jews in the expanded Palestine territory 2000 years ago. The particular conviction over this issue will differ widely and the Arab world will not accept their 1967 defeat in war against Israel as binding. However the laws of war clearly provide that what one conquers in war becomes your property to the exclusion of the enemy and all nations are required to respect this title. As such Israel has the right to control and occupy the Gaza Strip as its own. For the sake of peace and social harmony in the Middle-East the only solution would be to acknowledge the Gaza Strip as Israeli territory acquired in 1967 by virtue of international law.