{"id":42115,"date":"2023-11-04T19:14:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/politics\/obama-says-people-need-to-acknowledge-complexity-of-israel-palestinian-conflict-to-move-forward\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T19:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:14:46","slug":"obama-says-people-need-to-acknowledge-complexity-of-israel-palestinian-conflict-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=42115","title":{"rendered":"Obama says people need to acknowledge complexity of Israel-Palestinian conflict to move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbudqz0029g8p1goge3k9n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the \u201ccomplexity\u201d of the situation.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbvqon00053b5wb2c5a3lc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cIf there\u2019s any chance of us being able to act constructively to do something, it will require an admission of complexity and maintaining what on the surface may seem contradictory ideas that what Hamas did was horrific, and there\u2019s no justification for it. And \u2026 that the occupation and what\u2019s happening to Palestinians is unbearable,\u201d Obama said in an interview on the podcast\u00a0\u201cPod\u00a0Save America.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbvqoo00063b5w3fymmfkf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The former president\u2019s comments come as the Israeli military focuses its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City and northern parts of the enclave.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokcph2r00043b5w7p4ev7vi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Behind the scenes, American officials\u00a0also\u00a0believe there is limited time for Israel to\u00a0try to accomplish\u00a0its\u00a0stated objective of taking out Hamas\u00a0in its current operation\u00a0before uproar over the humanitarian suffering\u00a0and civilian casualties\u00a0reaches a tipping point.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbvqoo00073b5waoatqcku@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Obama specifically criticized the discourse on social media and\u00a0\u201cTikTok\u201d activism about the issue.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokdra1x00013b5wrk6ul3on@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cIf you want to solve the problem, then you have to take in the whole truth, and you then have to admit nobody\u2019s hands are clean \u2013 that all of us are complicit to some degree,\u201d he said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbvqoo00093b5w9gcmvd89@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Millions have\u00a0turned to platforms\u00a0like TikTok and Instagram in hopes of comprehending the brutal conflict in real time, but Obama said he would rather see people \u201cout there talking to people.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clokbvqoo000a3b5w2da47sct@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cIncluding people who you disagree with. If you genuinely want to change this \u2026 you\u2019ve got to figure out how to speak to somebody on the other side and listen to them and understand what they are talking about and not dismiss it,\u201d Obama said.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/04\/politics\/obama-comments-israel-palestinian-conflict\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the \u201ccomplexity\u201d of the situation. \u201cIf there\u2019s any chance of us being able to act constructively to do something, it will require an admission of complexity and maintaining what on the surface may seem contradictory ideas that 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