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KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A small group of placard-waving pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's vacation retreat in Hawaii on Tuesday to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
Obama has made no public comment on the strikes, which Israel launched on Saturday. Aides have repeatedly said he is monitoring the situation and continues to receive intelligence briefings but that there is only one U.S. president at a time.
But with outgoing Republican President George W. Bush already viewed as a lame-duck, many people, particularly in the Middle East, are looking past him to Obama, who is due to be sworn in on January 20, for leadership.
Obama did speak out after the attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai in November in which gunmen killed nearly 180 people, condemning them as acts of terrorism.
He has also spoken on the economic problems facing the United States.
"He is talking about how many jobs he is going to create but he is refusing to speak about this," said one of the protesters, Carolyn Hadfield, 66.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
reply to post by Flighty
ah forget creepy man
we're talking about trillions of dollars here
we're talking about sovereingty
we're talking about funding genocide
we're talking about comdemnig out children to perpetual debt
we're talking about evil, the oppression of everyone!
the president elect's privacy is nothing compared to all of this
Originally posted by Raustin
reply to post by spinkyboo
How are his hands tied, he could at least make a simple little statement. Something like "My administration will work hard to reach a peace accord with Israel and Palestine to prevent future tragic loss of life". Then again he is enjoying his last vacation.
Originally posted by Flighty
I think it's wrong that they are stalking the guy outside the place that he is staying.