Photo: Silence: Barack Obama outside a gym in Kailua, Hawaii, yesterdayFrom The Daily Mail:
Barack Obama has risked alienating Muslims by choosing to sit on the sidelines as Israel continued its air attacks on Gaza over the weekend, Washington analysts warned today.
Many people within the Muslim world were looking to the American president-elect to offer a fresh view on the Middle East and the cycle of violence.
But three days after the Israeli assault began, he has remained silent.
Senior aides said Obama was leaving all comments to President Bush.
His White House adviser, David Axelrod, said there was ‘only one president at a time’ and that Obama did not want to send out mixed signals.
Aides suggested Obama would not get involved until he is sworn in as president in just over three weeks’ time.
Obama had planned to deliver a major speech from an Islamic country within the first 100 days of his administration.
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