Fence-sitting positions are those taken by the bishop of Cairo (Egypt), mgr. Giuseppe Sarraf, "it is an epoch-making election, a true novelty that deserves attention and time to measure its weight on the Middle-Eastern scene", and by the Custodian of the Holy Land, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who believes that "Obama will have to face so many challenges in the Middle East where the United States have played and will keep playing an important role". "His leadership will be decisive in this he explains to SIR . We hope in a serious, decisive and positive change and in an increasingly personal involvement in the Middle Eastern policy, especially in the Holy Land, to achieve a fair and lasting negotiated peace". "We hope that, in the wake of Annapolis, which bore no fruits, Obama will resume with determination and freshness the talks that were cut short back then. We expect new developments; so far we have been set into already-written scripts; today, in the light of this great change, we expect a new script for this region as well". ” ” ” ” ” ” ” “
