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After pregnant pause, Bono celebrates ‘Palestinian dream’ at Lincoln Memorial event for Obama

CNN: During U2's performance of "Pride (In the Name of Love)," a
tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., frontman Bono referenced the civil
rights
leader's "I Have a Dream" speech, saying that it was also, "an Irish
dream, a European dream, and African dream, an Israeli dream, and a Palestinian
dream."

Mondo's source writes: Bono
mentioned the Palestanian cause while singing Pride in the Name of Love
(MLK) during the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Celebration
(carried live on HBO).  He mentioned Irish, European, African,
Israeli…then a pregnant pause…"and Palestinian."  The world is
changing. 

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