奥巴马表示支持巴勒斯坦立国
Obama in two-state Mideast pledgeBarack Obama yesterday offered his clearest pledge since taking office to pursue a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, as he took his message of remaking US relations with the Muslim world to Turkey.
Speaking in Ankara, Mr Obama urged Israel and Palestinians to “live up to the commitments they have made”, in what is likely to be seen as a rebuke to Israel's new rightwing government, whose foreign minister last week distanced himself from a 2007 US-backed process to create a Palestinian state.
The Palestinian Authority last night welcomed Mr Obama's statement while Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu issued a brief statement saying: “Israel appreciates President Obama's commitment to Israel's security and to the pursuit of peace.” He did not mention the two-state solution.
In an address to the Turkish parliament, the US president also carefully prodded his hosts to make progress on talks with neighbouring Armenia and restated Washington's strong support for Turkey to join the European Union.
His remarks came on the closing leg of an eight-day tour of Europe – his first overseas trip as president – in which he made Turkey the last stop, in part to deliver a symbolic statement about bridging the divide between east and west after the “mistrust” created by the presidency of George. W. Bush.
“Let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not at war with Islam,” he said. “I also want to be clear that America's relationship with the Muslim world cannot and will not be based on opposition to al-Qaeda. Far from it.”
Mr Obama has sought to reach out to the Muslim world by quickly appointing a Middle East envoy; giving an Arabic television station his first interview with a foreign broadcaster; and making clear that he wants engagement with Iran.
Abdelaziz al-Qassim, a Saudi political analyst, said yesterday that Mr Obama was creating a new mood in the region and he was clearly “a man of initiative, of values”. But he said there were still questions about “what he will do”.
In the Arab world, the biggest question is how far the new president will go in pressuring Israel to pursue negotiations on a Palestinian state.
奥巴马支持巴勒斯坦立国
巴拉克·奥巴马昨日给出了上任以来最为明确的承诺，表示将在以色列和巴勒斯坦之间继续推行“两国制”解决方案。他把自己重塑美国与穆斯林世界关系的信息带到了土耳其。
在安卡拉发表讲话时，奥巴马敦促巴以“兑现它们许下的承诺”，此言可能会被视为批评以色列右翼新政府。上周，以色列外长对2007年启动、受美国支持的缔造巴勒斯坦国的进程态度冷淡。
昨晚，巴勒斯坦权力机构对奥巴马的声明表示欢迎，而以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡发表了一份简短声明称：“以色列感激奥巴马总统对以色列安全和对追求和平的承诺。”他没有提及两国制解决方案。
在对土耳其议会发表的演说中，奥巴马还小心推动他的东道主推进与邻国亚美尼亚的会谈，并重申了美国对土耳其加入欧盟的强烈支持。
他的上述言论是在对欧洲为期8天的访问——其上任总统以来的首次海外出访——快结束时做出的。他将土耳其作为此次访问的最后一站，一定程度上是为了做出象征性的声明，以求在乔治·布什任内产生“不信任”之后，弥合东、西方的分歧。
他表示：“让我尽可能地说清楚一些：美国并没有与伊斯兰教处于战争状态。我还想说明，美国与穆斯林世界的关系不能，也不会建立在反对基地组织的基础上。远远不是。”
奥巴马努力寻求与穆斯林世界改善关系。他上任后很快任命了一位中东特使；让一家阿拉伯电视台成为首家采访自己的外国广播机构；并表明他想与伊朗接触。
沙特阿拉伯政治分析师Abdelaziz al-Qassim昨日表示，奥巴马在该地区创造了一种新氛围，他显然是“一位有主动精神、有价值观的人”。但他表示，对于“他将怎么做”，仍然存在疑问。
在阿拉伯世界，最大的疑问是，这位新总统将在向以色列施压，迫使其在巴勒斯坦立国问题上展开谈判方面走多远。
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