Barack Obama Quotes About Judaism

• When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland. When I went to Sderot and saw the daily struggle to survive in the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg to a Hamas rocket, and when I walked among the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of the existential fear of Israelis when a modern dictator seeks nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the map - face of the Earth.

  Barack Obama

  Prayer, Children, Wall

• Those who threaten Israel threaten us. Israel has always faced these threats on the frontlines. And I will bring to the White House an unshakable commitment to Israel's security. That starts with insuring Israel's qualitative military advantage. I will insure that Israel can defend itself from any threat - from Gaza to Tehran.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Commitment, Israel

  Obama's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), www.npr.org. June 4, 2008.

• The ultimate goal is two states for two people: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people and the State of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people - each state in joined self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.

  Barack Obama

  Determination, Israel, Self

  Remarks by the President at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 22, 2011.

• For the Palestinians' efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Rejection, Effort

  "George Mitchell and King Abdullah II". "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. May 22, 2011.

• I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us in this effort, because the burden of making hard choices must not be Israel’s alone.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Israel, America

  Barack Obama's speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 22, 2011.

• Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Able, Judaism

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 20, 2013.

• As for Israel, our friendship is rooted deeply in a shared history and shared values. Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable. And we will stand against attempts to single it out for criticism in international forums.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Israel, Criticism

  President Barack Obama's speech on Middle East and North Africaat the State Department in Washington, D.C., www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2011.

• Even as we do all that's necessary to ensure Israel's security, even as we are clear-eyed about the difficult challenges before us, and even as we pledge to stand by Israel through whatever tough days lie ahead, I hope we do not give up on that vision of peace. For if history teaches us anything, if the story of Israel teaches us anything, it is that with courage and resolve, progress is possible. Peace is possible.

  Barack Obama

  Giving Up, Lying, Israel

  Remarks by the President at the AIPAC Policy Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 22, 2011.

• Even while we may at times disagree, as friends sometimes will, the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable and the commitment of the United States to the security of Israel is ironclad.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Israel, May

  Remarks by the President at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011 in Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 22, 2011.

• As a product of history and faith, Jewish Americans have helped to open our eyes to injustice, to people in need, and to the simple idea that we ought to recognize ourselves in the struggle of our fellow men and women.

  Barack Obama

  Struggle, Eye, Simple

• I'd say, probably, intellectually I've drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.

  Barack Obama

  Judaism

  Interview with Cathleen Falsani, www.beliefnet.com. March 27, 2004.

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