Barack Obama on Arab TV- 'Americans are not your enemy'

Barack Obama has chosen to give their first formal sit-down TV interview as chairman of Al-Arabiya signaled a new U.S. strategy in the region. In the interview, broadcast Tuesday Obama said the United States had made mistakes in the past, but "the same respect and cooperation that the U.S. had with the Muslim world as late as 20 or 30 years ago, there is no reason why we can not restore it. "President Obama told Arab television viewers that" Americans are not your enemy "in an interview with a view to repair relations with the Muslim world, which was damaged during the Bush administration. Most of Obama's interview with the focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is widely perceived in Midea that the most urgent problems. Tuesday, Gaza fragile truce was threatened when a bomb detonated by Palestinian militants exploded since the Israeli army patrol along the border with Gaza, killing one soldier and wounded three.

New president also condemned Iran's threats against Israel, is working with nuclear weapons and support to terrorist organizations, but said that "it is important for us to be willing to talk with Iran, to express very clearly where our differences, but there it is potential for development. "interview on Dubai-based Al-Arabiya 24-hour news channel aired by Obama new envoy to the region, former Sen. .. George J. Mitchell, the administration began the first Midea peace mission.

In contrast to the enthusiastic reception Obama's victory has won the world, the Arab world have been more careful with the new U.S. president - with the most skeptical that the U.S. policy in the region will change significantly. Obama choice of Al-Arabiya is owned by a Saudi businessman, following the head of the Bush administration has given several interviews to the presidential news channel. In the interview, Obama called for a new partnership with the Muslim world ", based on mutual respect and common interest." He noted his Muslim background and relatives, almost a taboo subject at home during his U.S. presidential campaign.
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