Sen. Obama visits Israel

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks, as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) looks on, after inspecting Palestinian Qassam rockets at the local police station during his visit to the southern Israeli town of Sderot on July 23, 2008. Obama confirmed Israel's right to defend its citizens against the thousands of Qassam rockets that have been fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at Sderot and nearby Israeli communities over the past seven years. (UPI Photo/David Silverman/POOL)