President Barack Obama has given his much-touted speech to the Muslim world. The reaction of Muslim leaders: speeches aren't enough, US policy must be changed.However, read this round-up of reaction to get an idea of what "policy change" these leaders desire:
..."His call for stopping settlement and for the establishment of a Palestinian state, and his reference to the suffering of Palestinians ... is a clear message to Israel that a just peace is built on the foundations of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital."
...I think there is clear support of a right for a Palestinian state, and their right for a life, but Arabs are waiting for pressure to be exerted on Israel so it can stop its violations in Gaza and the West Bank."
..."In this context, where we see an Israeli government who is refusing even the least principles of the two-state solution, he made clear the American vision ... There is nothing innovative."
...He (Iran's Supreme Leader) also called Israel, which Iran does not recognise, a "cancerous tumour in the heart" of the Muslim world.
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