Obama’s statement is a vicious inflammatory lie, which will inevitably stir antisemitism.
Netanyahu responded in a counter-statement to educate the uneducated who will be inclined to accept Obama’s propaganda:
The Jewish people’s right to their own state in their ancestral homeland is non-negotiable.
The Jewish people’s right to their own state in their ancestral homeland is non-negotiable.
Watch: https://t.co/uMWfObAMaJ
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 16, 2026
Obama fulfilled a devious mission as he ungraciously accepted his honorary doctorate. His lies tacitly defend the Palestinian “resistance,” which is really a disguise for a long-term jihad against Jews and the state of Israel. Campuses are already saturated with dangerous indoctrination. The last thing Queen’s University in Belfast needed was more Middle East propaganda.
Obama went to Belfast and gave an insanely ahistorical and petty demonstration of his indestructible grudge against the Jewish state, which appears to have consumed him a la Jimmy Carter https://t.co/sKePwqqhn4
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) October 14, 2026
“Israel ‘took the land’ from Palestinians, has ‘ceded moral ground,’ Obama tells Belfast crowd,” Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2026:
Former US president Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Israel “took land off people and they were excessive,” in reference to Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people throughout the history of the nation.
Obama made his comments while visiting Belfast, Northern Ireland, to receive an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast.
In a conversation with journalist Susan McKay, the former president referred to the Palestinians’ reaction to the Jewish people’s exerting cultural and military control over the State of Israel by explaining that “those people understandably said, ‘This is injustice, and I want my land back.'”
McKay asked Obama about the current state of the conflict in the Middle East surrounding the State of Israel. The hostility toward Israel after the October 7 massacre was an indication that a “genuine cessation” was needed in order for long-term solutions to be implemented, the former president responded.
‘You have ceded moral ground if that is the position you take’
“The fact is,” Obama explained, “that the Jewish people, for millennia, were oppressed, discriminated against, killed. Europe was responsible for much of it. They understandably sought a refuge.”…
Rick Gordon says
This is not news. Obama and his administration were anti Israel and anti Jewish.
Yes, his claim is false!!
Rob Porter says
Rick, the fact is, through is his own words Obama was and still is a Jew-hating Muslim and first-rate liar – and I am neither Jew nor Israeli. Obama’s Muslim-favouring ‘rules for engagement’ in the Afghan war must have cost many U.S. lives, not least 16 Navy SEALS when their helicopter was shot down while supporting aircraft waited for the Afghans to fire first. He and Hillary Clinton lied over their fiasco in Benghazi, Libya, and Obama did not deserve an honorary doctorate other than for ‘first rate liar and incompetent’.
Both Northern Ireland and the Republic have lost their minds over Israel and the ‘Palestinians’. Why don’t they ask Mosab Hassan Yousef to explain the whole Middle East conflict and false ‘Palestinian’ (Arab) claims?
Tony says
If your Daddy was a Muslim, and your Step-Daddy was a Muslim. Under Islamic Law, you might just be a Muslim under penalty of death. Obama is against America and Israel and no friend to American citizens.
Public Funding is a privilege that should not be granted to organizations that are against the US Constitution. Islam, a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise, is against the US Constitution for Muslim funding, teaching, and promoting discrimination, hatred, rape, segregation, violence, totalitarianism, and terrorism WITH NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW(Qur’an 2:191, 216; 4:89, 91, 95; 9:5, 29, 41, 111; 48:29; 49:15, etc.).
John Smith says
Exactly Tony, he came from a muslim family and attended mosques when he was living in Indonesia. However he conveniently converted to Christianity just before he became a Politician. He was a muslim then and he’s a muslim now, but he wants to keep the truth from us. So he’s participating in the islamic art of muruna.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, Tony & John. It’s well documented that in Indonesia, he went to a qur’an school – something only muslims there go to. What he has never explained was at what point in his life did he cease to become a Muslim, and what drove him to embrace whatever it was he embraced? I don’t automatically believe that he’s a muslim to this day, but he would have done well to have addressed that inflexion point – at what point in his life did he switch from islam to whatever – Jeremiah Wright’s congregation and whatever it was that he preached
Also, as Mr Spencer noted here, regardless of which religion he follows, the policies he implemented as President was no different from what they would have been had he actually been a muslim jihadist trying to subvert this country
John1 says
When a country goes to war to conquer territory, and loses the war, that country loses territory. Ask Germany.
Huh?!? says
Obama is one of the reasons why I left the Democrat party. This statement is false. Tell the big lie long enough, people will start to believe it. Is he that desperate that he is walking in Goebbels footsteps? Yes, he is.
Cynthia says
The whole Democratic Party is so desperate for ideas that anti Trump and anti Israel is their only tactic.
They have aligned with jihadists to decry western civilization and this “hope and change” started by Obama will turn us into a third world country.
The red/green alliance has been remarkably successful in creating more useful idiots every day.
Rob Porter says
This pathetic former president talks through the back of his neck. Said he: “a “genuine cessation” is necessary. In 2005 Israel, seeking peace, removed all Jewish citizens from Gaza and handed over the land to Arab ‘Palestinians’ – who turned it into an armed camp – with billions of foreign aid spent on building tunnels longer than the New York underground train line – to destroy Israel, So what does this half-wit former president think “a genuine cessation” would look like? Full surrender?
Siddhi Nasranni says
Quote, ” “The fact is,” Obama explained, “that the Jewish people, for millennia, were oppressed, discriminated against, killed. Europe was responsible for much of it. They understandably sought a refuge.”
Yes Obama, they a sort refuge in their historical home land.
And to continue,” The Jewish people, for millennia, were oppressed, discriminated against, murdered, because Muslim nations was responsible for much of it.
So stick that in your pipe & smoke it.
The arrogance of Obama is breath taking.
“Obama’s response when asked to define sin: “Being out of alignment with my values.”” — Barack Obama
jimjames says
Should be sued for perpetrating anti-Semitic myths. His comments show a lack of fact and truth even Muslims and marxists would not agree with!
Gordon says
Netanyahu explained one facet of the Israeli claim to the land but failed to address the fact that had the Arabs not fled their homes in 1948 after initiating their genocidal war against the new State, they wouldn’t have lost any property.
somehistory says
The bo was never really president as he is not American-born. Kenyan, “new-senator” IL, with his constant lies, promoting islime, lying about Christ and Christians while claiming to be one, (“get down off your high horse”), telling NASA to make muzzies feel good about themselves, and “The future will not belong to those who *slander the prophet.”
In bo’s demonic *mind,* Israel and all Jews, “slander the prophet.” And some of us have always known that the ugly bo is a muzzie, doing all he could to “fundamentally transform” America into a muzzie-ruined nation. The scuz wants to do the same to Israel.
somehistory says
The Hill reports another bo story
“Obama: Omar investigation should ‘outrage all Americans’”
I’m “outraged” that is has taken so long to begin to truly give an “investigation” a real chance at Truth-finding.
Walter Sieruk says
One, dyed in the wool. Democrat woman who I told her that Barack couldn’t possibly” be a real Christian because of his favoring that anti-Israel ‘mullah regime’ of Iran and international policy the State of Israel is very negative .” To she reply, referring to Obama “He said that he’s Christian.”
Obama when he said was stating a claim. Anyone can claim that is “Something this or something that” to prove that claim to be true is something entirely else .
Jesus shed some light on the reality of many things, including claims; Foe Jesus declared, “
By their fruits you will know them” Matthew 7:20. [N,K.J.V.] The fruits, as in Obama’s policies
towards Israel. Which is God’s “special treasure” Psalm 135:4,, is terrible. So by the light of the teaching of Jesus Obama is a false” Christian.”
All genuine Christians who know the Bible should be very willing to declare the truth, which is that God had given all this land that now composes the State of Israel, including all of the West Bank, which in reality are Judah and Samaria ,to the Jewish people. This may be found in the Bible, as seen in, for example, Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105:7-11.
In other words the Jews have tall this land by Divine Right. Furthermore, the Jewish people should have this land by historic rights as shown in First Kings 4:20,21, 24,25. 8:55, 56.
Voltaic says
Yes, we know the story.
So, He said Invade Canaan, enslave the women and children but kill all the men, and so that country will be yours.
Nothing unusual about that -the boundaries of most countries are formed by war and conflict.
The reality, apart from the absurd idea that it was a land-grant from God, is that the conquest by the Israelites pre-empts any claim by the so-called Palestinians.
As in the earliest times, the boundaries of the modern State of Israel are held steady by military force. That doesn’t make it illegitimate. And a Land Title Certificate from Jehovah is not necessary.
Pray Hard says
Do you have the guts to say the same thing about islam?
gravenimage says
Jesus never said this–try again.
somehistory says
For some odd, no-reasoning, atheists have the foolish idea that they understand the Bible, which they do not read or know, God….in Whom they do not believe….Jesus, in Whom they also do not believe, and Christianity.
The Land of Caanan was filled with people much like muzzies….murdering innocent babies was one of their main activities, by throwing them in the fire.
God, The Creator, owns everything He made, which includes all of the Earth…land and sea.
He can do as He wishes. He gave the Land to the Jews for them to clean out the devil-worshipping Canaanites.. For being obedient, He gave the Land to the descendants of Abraham as He had promised.
Walter Sieruk says
Obama being so very down and critical of the State of Israel is a very strong reminder about that anti-Israel UN resolution that Obama may well have had a sinister hand in creating, or at least failed to veto, which calls for the dividing of the State of Israel in to a “two state solution.”
This shows some things about President Obama .That he is very to do a much hard as possible in the short time he had before he left Office. This exposed the falseness on his claim that he is “a Christian.” For a real Christian would take seriously the teaching of Jesus. By Obama backing the UN resolution Obama Obviously doesn’t care what Jesus taught . For Jesus taught “If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” Mark 3:24. {N. K.J.V.]
In addition , to risk sounding really far –out it had been reported that Obama’s national security advisor , James Jones, had declared the President Obama in the year 2009 had religious experience in the White House Office in the Obama believed that God appeared to him in a vision and told him the he should work for the dividing of the land of Israel into “two states.” [1] if this report of a supernatural experience of Obama actually occurred then the Bible contains the answer to this story . For the Bible teaches that Satan is so very deceitful that he can “appear as an angle of Light” Second Corinthians 11:14 .
Furthermore, to divide is showing that Obama ,who is for sure not the Anti-Christ is Nevertheless influenced by the spirit of the coming Anti-Christ who is predicted, in the Bible ,to come in the future. So to divide the land that composes Israel according to the Bible is wrong . So wrong ,in fact , when the real arch – villain who is will be the Anti Christs comes to power in the Middle East he “shall divide the land” Daniel 11:39. As for Obama is the reported religious vision he had in which supernatural being told him to “divide the land ” that this instruction is in contradiction to the Bible in Daniel 11 39. It’s thus in the light of Isaiah 8:20. An instruction in error, folly and darkness. Shame on Obama for wanting to “divide the land” and likewise being taken in by a deceptive religious experience.
[1] THE TERRORIST NEXT DOOR by Erick Stakelbeack pages 218. 219.
gravenimage says
Netanyahu refutes Obama’s claim that Israel ‘took the land’ from Palestinians
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Good for Netanyahu. Obama is disgusting.
OLD GUY says
Obama the worst a politician and a muslim, lying comes naturally.
Troybeam says
Never was and never should be land given to the Islamic terror group calling themselves Palestinians.
These people never had any land at any time in history. They lived in Jordan, the late King Hussain stated the Palestinians resided in Jordan, they belong in Jordan never in Israel.
Jordan has rejected them.
Pray Hard says
Obama, The Obsolete Man.
ed says
If bHo wasn’t the worst traitor the US has ever had he is a close second