US and Arab World: Not allies but "real" friends
President Obama's speech on4 June 2009 in Cairo talked of " great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world" and called for an end to a relationship dominated by differences and the development of a new one based on mutual respect. His speech at the UN General Asembly was an attempt to redefine his Cairo speech.
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President Obama said in his speech to the UN General Asembly "It is the obligation of all leaders to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism.Hecondemned the violence that erupted over the "disgusting" anti-Islam video as "an attack on UN ideals".
"It is time to marginalise those who - even when not resorting to violence - use hatred of America, or the West, or Israel as a central principle of politics," said Mr Obama.
"That brand of politics only makes it harder to achieve what we must do together: educating our children and creating the opportunities they deserve; protecting human rights and extending democracy's promise."
President Obama caste the violent Arab protests against America as a battle of universal values.
It was epitomised, on the one hand, by the murdered US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens representing the pursuit of freedom, dignity and justice and, on the other, by the crowd that killed him, driven by hatred and intolerance.
Mr Obama used that as an image for the Arab Spring, encouraging its leaders to choose the former model not the latter. The US President failed to face up to the real reasons for Arab anger against the United States.
Muhammad Mursi says Washington in the past earned ill will in the Middle East by backing dictators but now he envisions the two countries being "real friends.
"Obama told a Spanish-language network this month that the United States did not consider Egypt's Islamist government either an ally or an enemy.When asked whether he thought of the United States as an ally in the interview with the New York Times, Mursi said: "That depends on your definition of ally."
He also said that the United States should not judge Egypt by its own standards - an apparent reaction to the
resentment in the Muslim country against an anti-Islam video produced in the United States.
"Successive American administrations essentially purchased with American taxpayer money the dislike, if not the hatred, of the peoples of the region," he said, referring - according to the newspaper - to backing dictatorial governments over popular opposition and supporting Israel over the Palestinians.Mursi said Washington needed to change its approach to the Arab world, show greater respect for its values and help build a Palestinian state to reduce pent up anger in the region, the newspaper said.
The major difference between the United States and the Arab world remains Israeli domination and the rights of the Palestinian people. Whilst this injustice continues with America's support their can be no true reconciliation between the West and the Islamic world. Whilst President Obama calls to extend 'democracy's promise' and improvement of peoples' lives, his support of Israeli domination of the Palestinian people denies them this promise of statehood and dignity . It is a case of" do as I say not as I do."America supported dictators like Ben Ali and Mubarak who backed the US on Israel and repressed their own people. Now America calls on the Arab world to respect democratic values but its call and its credibility is undermined by the failure to secure a free and
independant Palestinian state.
As President Morsi says, the United States needs to change its approach to the Arab World and its values.
"It is time to marginalise those who - even when not resorting to violence - use hatred of America, or the West, or Israel as a central principle of politics," said Mr Obama.
"That brand of politics only makes it harder to achieve what we must do together: educating our children and creating the opportunities they deserve; protecting human rights and extending democracy's promise."
President Obama caste the violent Arab protests against America as a battle of universal values.
It was epitomised, on the one hand, by the murdered US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens representing the pursuit of freedom, dignity and justice and, on the other, by the crowd that killed him, driven by hatred and intolerance.
Mr Obama used that as an image for the Arab Spring, encouraging its leaders to choose the former model not the latter. The US President failed to face up to the real reasons for Arab anger against the United States.
Muhammad Mursi says Washington in the past earned ill will in the Middle East by backing dictators but now he envisions the two countries being "real friends.
"Obama told a Spanish-language network this month that the United States did not consider Egypt's Islamist government either an ally or an enemy.When asked whether he thought of the United States as an ally in the interview with the New York Times, Mursi said: "That depends on your definition of ally."
He also said that the United States should not judge Egypt by its own standards - an apparent reaction to the
resentment in the Muslim country against an anti-Islam video produced in the United States.
"Successive American administrations essentially purchased with American taxpayer money the dislike, if not the hatred, of the peoples of the region," he said, referring - according to the newspaper - to backing dictatorial governments over popular opposition and supporting Israel over the Palestinians.Mursi said Washington needed to change its approach to the Arab world, show greater respect for its values and help build a Palestinian state to reduce pent up anger in the region, the newspaper said.
The major difference between the United States and the Arab world remains Israeli domination and the rights of the Palestinian people. Whilst this injustice continues with America's support their can be no true reconciliation between the West and the Islamic world. Whilst President Obama calls to extend 'democracy's promise' and improvement of peoples' lives, his support of Israeli domination of the Palestinian people denies them this promise of statehood and dignity . It is a case of" do as I say not as I do."America supported dictators like Ben Ali and Mubarak who backed the US on Israel and repressed their own people. Now America calls on the Arab world to respect democratic values but its call and its credibility is undermined by the failure to secure a free and
independant Palestinian state.
As President Morsi says, the United States needs to change its approach to the Arab World and its values.
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