Talens ordlyd. Video. Resumé af MJ Rosenberg. Og en notits fra lingvistikerne.

Spencer Ackerman:

Not only does Obama's eloquent defense of Israel prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from claiming Obama is cavalier about Israeli security in order to continue his intransigence on Israel's road-map commitments, but he bluntly told Hamas, "To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, and to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel’s right to exist."

The speech effectively disarms the peace-process rejectionists. And to think: he did it all without a word of apology.

Matthew Yglesias:

But the execution first and foremost reminded me of why Obama has always been the writers’ candidate in American politics. This is a guy who’s not afraid to try to express complicated or difficult ideas. He wasn’t afraid to do it in Dreams From My Father and now that he’s long past writing his own material as a solo act, his whole team is clearly imbued with the same spirit and that same mandate to try to really explain the complicated and difficult ideas rather than sweep them under the rug.