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American street, and American elite

Here's Obama's transition website, where Americans are urged to ask questions. Reports a friend:

You will see in the Foreign Policy link, almost all the questions were related to the bombardment of Gaza and in general, asking him to do something about changing the US's skewed favoritism of Israel.

Meanwhile, the Meet the Press lineup for Sunday:

"Plus, the fighting continues between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. When will it end? What role should the United States play in this conflict and what other foreign policy challenges await President-elect Obama in 2009? Insights and analysis from our roundtable of journalists: NBC's Richard Engel, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, BBC  World News America's Katty Kay, Al-Arabiya's Hisham Melhem, and NBC's Andrea Mitchell.

David Gregory is the moderator of "Meet the Press." Betsy Fischer is the executive producer. Michelle Jaconi and Rebecca Samuels are producers.

Do I wish there were fewer Jews convened at that table (I count 4 out of 6 participants) and more Arabs? Yes. Do I wish Jews would come to terms with Zionism/ethnocentrism in light of our amazing power in America? Yes. (Thanks to Saif Ammous and CJ Harwood)

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