Why Obama's message on the Israel-Hamas war matters

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

For Barack Obama’s orbit, this was supposed to be a week of nostalgia and reflection. Celebrating the 15-year anniversary of the 44th president's historic rise to the White House, former aides gathered in Chicago in recent days, and the former president — who has generally kept a low profile since leaving office — is stepping into the spotlight for interviews and speeches.

But Obama has upstaged any saunter down memory lane with one major phrase that’s going to reverberate through the national media and Washington in the coming days.

“Nobody’s hands are clean.”

That’s what Obama told his former staffers at “Pod Save America” when asked about the current violence in the Middle East. In an excerpt released yesterday of an interview that will run in the coming days, Obama emphasized shared responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that goes back decades — and cautioned listeners against ignoring the complexities of the roots of the bloodshed.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-hints-split-biden-over-175505097.html

Problem is neither side will acknowledge what they've done wrong.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Superb

Wouldn’t change a word.

[mzmolly]

2. Love that man.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. where is the lie?

[lees1975]

4. He's right on target.

October 7 was a horrific, inhumane, unjustified attack on a civilian population by terrorists.

But this didn't start there. Undoing decades of political history, this round of it going back to the beginning of the 20th century, when rule of the middle east went from the mostly Islamic Ottoman Empire to the British Empire, "Empire" being the key word here. Interests shifted, and the fate of people who had lived under totalitarian rule for two thousand years also shifted.

It's a long story, it's not anti-semitic to say that there is plenty of blame to go around. I'm glad he's addressed it.