 Brigadier General Mir-Faisal Baqerzadeh |
US President Barack Obama should distance himself from the Israeli government as a first step toward change, says an Iranian official.
IRGC Brigadier General Mir-Faisal Baqerzadeh insisted on Saturday that the US extends blind support for Israel, calling on Obama to understand the consequences of Israeli actions in the region.
"American philosopher William James once said that 'the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook'. Now, the time has come for the new US administration to overlook Israeli interests in its policies," said Baqerzadeh.
According to the Iranian official, the 44th US president cannot claim to be able to bring significant change in the ways and means of Washington unless he can end the "biased White House approach" toward the Palestinians.
Although Obama has repeatedly promised to resolve the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he remained silent on the Israeli assault on Gaza and drew criticism, especially in the Muslim world.
Although Obama has repeatedly promised to resolve the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he remained silent on the Israeli assault on Gaza and drew criticism, especially in the Muslim world.
This is while the US president had been quick to make statements about the Mumbai terrorist attacks and a range of other issues.
His bid to appoint former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) as the Washington envoy to the Middle East has nevertheless been widely touted as a positive step.
"[The] choice of Mitchell sends a clear signal that the United States is going to be back to being an honest broker and will move away from being Israel's lawyer," says Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Washington.
American neoconservatives and pro-Israeli groups have criticized the appointment of Mitchell, saying his reputation of being "fair and even-handed" may come at the expense of Israeli interests.
His bid to appoint former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) as the Washington envoy to the Middle East has nevertheless been widely touted as a positive step.
"[The] choice of Mitchell sends a clear signal that the United States is going to be back to being an honest broker and will move away from being Israel's lawyer," says Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Washington.
American neoconservatives and pro-Israeli groups have criticized the appointment of Mitchell, saying his reputation of being "fair and even-handed" may come at the expense of Israeli interests.
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