Barack Obama on Israel

The Jerusalem Post had this to say:

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Tuesday that America needs to ask Israel to help change the status quo in its conflict with the Palestinians, the only candidate at a National Jewish Democratic Council conference to suggest that there is any onus on the Jewish state when it comes to making peace with its neighbors.
"The United States government and an Obama presidency cannot ask Israel to take risks with respect to its security," he told the crowd of Democratic activists and campaign contributors. "But it can ask Israel to say that it is still possible for us to allow more than just this status quo of fear, terror, division. That can't be our long-term aspiration."

Compare this to what John Edwards said:

"Your future is our future," he said, speaking by live video to the Herzliya Conference near Tel Aviv.
According to reports Edwards praised Israel's willingness to compromise for the sake of securing peace with the Palestinian Arabs.

Hillary is even worse:

Asked if her support extended to Israel's bombing of the Beiruit international airport, she said, "I fully support Israel's right to defend itself."

She also apperently doesn't support democracy:

Sen. Clinton: First, I don't think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake.
If we were going to push for an election, we should have made sure we did something to determine who was going to win...

So to recap...Obama actually thinks Israel does need to do some things differently. Edwards says that Israel as "made comprimises," after they've built a wall on Palestinian land and used white phospherous and cluster bombs on civilian targets. Hillary says she supports bombing a civilian airport (it was NOT a millitary base) as "self defense" and says we should have rigged the Palestinian elections.