JERUSALEM -- While meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salim Fayyad on Wednesday, Barack Obama appealed to him on behalf of a suburban Chicago woman who is fighting to get her four daughters back after their father refused to let them leave the West Bank.
Obama handed Fayyad a note and some background information about the situation, "asking the prime minister to look into this issue."
Colleen Davis Bargouthi, who lives in south suburban Midlothian, pressed Obama to visit her daughters, who live near Ramallah. The girls, ages 6 to 11, have been there since 2007, when her husband, Yasser Shibli Bargouthi, took his family to the West Bank to visit relatives.
Obama made a specific request of the Palestinian Authority in the note, according to a statement. "I would ask that the minister of justice look into this case, and our consul general will follow up."
Suntimes
Also the http://www.nypost.com/ Front page has some info. on this as well
I want to state this is my first diary and I am a recent patron to Dailykos.com. I am like many passioned and interested for the first time.
The story above is intriguing:
This in my opinion could be huge news and if it breaks in the MSM, thats a enormous amount of goodwill for campaign. I really do hope this works out well for Ms. Davis and thus I hope this does brake big.
But I think this more tabloid fodder even though I don't think George W. Bush was ever any sincere with things like this. I mean handing the note over to the Palestine officials personally during this extravagant media storm World Wide is so refreshing. I am not sure what happens with this being made public. I think Ms. Davis doesn't mind.
But on a tangent, one thing is clear Obama and privacy will never go hand on hand again... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...