I am not Obama can fix the World. But a good place to start would be to put an end to having US taxpayers finance the brutal occupation of Palestine by Israel which is at the center of the US being perceived as a country that advocates a double standard when it comes to human rights, democracy and rule of international law.

Obama, and all Americans, should be outraged at how Israeli occupation troops humiliate and dehumanize Palestinians

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035088.html

"Rep. Emanuel is also a good friend of Israel, coming from good Irgun stock"

- William Daroff, the director of the Washington office of the United Jewish Communities

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035128.html

Irgun is the terrorist Zionist pre-state organization that specialized in brutally murdering Palestinian villagers to terrorize them into fleeing what was then Palestine (http://www.deiryassin.org/) in order to create a Jewish state.

As evidenced by the appointment of Rahm. The problem is that Rahm, as the gatekeeper to Obama, will ensure that most of the "advisors" that Obama gets to hear, when it comes to the crucial Mideast policy, are from the Lobby (e.g people like Dennis Ross).

Is this bad? You bet it is, because the Lobby which - along with its neocon allies and the crazy evangelicals- brought us the Iraq war wants a war with Iran soooo badly. It will also do whatever it takes to maintain Israel's domination of the Middle East. It is quite revealing that when Rahm was asked on "Meet the Press" whether he would have voted to authorize the invasion of Iraq "knowing that there are no weapons of mass destruction," he answered that he indeed would have done so (http://www.alternet.org/audits/106189/?page=entire). After all he is "a good friend of Israel, coming from good Irgun stock"as William Daroff, the director of the Washington office of the United Jewish Communities said (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035128.html)

As mentioned in my previous post, Irgun - of which Rahm's father was a member - is the terrorist Zionist pre-state organization that specialized in brutally murdering Palestinian villagers wholesale to terrorize other villagers into fleeing what was then Palestine (http://www.deiryassin.org/) in order to create a "Jewish state".

l) was his appointment an opening to the Jewish community for more Obama support-financially and politically?

Probably. It seems Obama has a keen sense and understanding of power. The Israel Lobby, with its powerful influence on the media and many aspects of political life, has been putting pressure on Obama's campaign. That's why people like Mr. Lobby Dennis Ross replaced people with a more balanced policy standing like Zbigniew Brzezinski, Anthony Lake, Robert O. Malley and Susan Rice who were described by Israeli sources as "problematic".

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203589810710&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer

2) Why did Emanuel fight in Congress to stop the Democratic attempts to reign in on Bush's aggressive Iraq policy?

The Israel Lobby in all its manifestations was the main force behind the Iraq war (and in promoting war on Iran). For a better understanding of how the Lobby operates you may want to take a look at the paper published by professors Mearsheimer and Walt in the London Review of Books ((http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html) and the "clean break" report ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm)

(3) What investments did Emanuel make to turn himself into a billionaire almost overnight? Will his Wall Street contacts further or hinder the new Democratic President's call to help the middle class survive before the overwhelming power of America's moneyed classes?

Not sure. But he probably got lots of help from his buddies!

(4) Will we continue to defend Israel's harsh foreign policy,its continuous illegal settlements? Will Emanuel direct foreign policy by continuing finacial support of Israel to the tune of billions of dollars?

You bet. Unless Obama turns out to be more of a leader than his choice of Emmanuel seems to indicate!

his background is the most right-wing vicious Zionism, as William Daroff, the director of the Washington office of the United Jewish Communities said Rahm is "a good friend of Israel, coming from good Irgun stock" (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035128.html).

As mentioned in my previous post, Irgun - of which Rahm's father was a member - is the terrorist Zionist pre-state organization that specialized in brutally murdering Palestinian villagers wholesale to terrorize other villagers into fleeing what was then Palestine (http://www.deiryassin.org/) in order to create a "Jewish state

Rahm is also suspected by many of being "Mega", the Mossad mole in the Clinton White House http://adap2k.blogspot.com/2008/11/rahm-emmanuel-chief-of-staff-obama-mega.html.

Regardless, it is clear Rahm's agenda is that of AIPAC: Using US power to Israel's advantage in the Middle East while creating an environment of fear in the US. We have already tried this once under Bush. Sadly the Israeli Lobby seems too powerful to be shaken off by merely change of administration!