1.0 link 153784 <![CDATA[Axelrod: Obama Understands Israel's Urge To Respond]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/28/axelrod-obama-understands_n_153784.html One of Barack Obama's chief spokesmen repeated on Sunday that it would be counterproductive for the president-elect to weigh too deeply into the crisis between Israel and Hamas while another commander-in-chief occupied the Oval Office.

But David Axelrod, appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, did reaffirm Obama's commitment to the "special relationship between the United States and Israel" in a way that suggested general sympathy for the Jewish state's actions.

Speaking a day after Israeli airstrikes, targeting and destroying Hamas facilities in...

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