Iran: Obama's Speech Is a Testimony to Despair
Published in Aljazeera
(Qatar) on 20 May 2011
by (link to original)
(Qatar) on 20 May 2011
by (link to original)
Translated from
by Mouhsine Abdellaoui.
Edited by Janie Boschma.
A senior Iranian official criticized President Barack Obama's recent speech about the so-called Arab Spring, stressing that the speech reflects the United States' policy of despair and contradictions in the Middle East.
Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced on Iranian state television that "despair, deception and contradictions are evident in Obama's speech, and that his support to the Jewish state (Israel) clearly demonstrates the racist nature of the policy of the United States."
The official Iranian television quoted Jalili — who is also Iran's chief nuclear negotiator — saying that "the United States should know that all the land of Palestine belongs to Palestinians. It is a demand of the peoples of the region who will not accept anything less than that."
The U.S. president said in his May 19 speech that "a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples: 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 enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.”
Obama's speech also rejected what he called the effort to isolate Israel at the U.N. next September, in reference to the Palestinians intent to propose official recognition of the Palestinian State to the U.N. General Assembly.
Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced on Iranian state television that "despair, deception and contradictions are evident in Obama's speech, and that his support to the Jewish state (Israel) clearly demonstrates the racist nature of the policy of the United States."
The official Iranian television quoted Jalili — who is also Iran's chief nuclear negotiator — saying that "the United States should know that all the land of Palestine belongs to Palestinians. It is a demand of the peoples of the region who will not accept anything less than that."
The U.S. president said in his May 19 speech that "a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples: 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 enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.”
Obama's speech also rejected what he called the effort to isolate Israel at the U.N. next September, in reference to the Palestinians intent to propose official recognition of the Palestinian State to the U.N. General Assembly.