Obama gets a cold photo op at UN meeting
but, after months of maneuvering, delivers nothing of substance
President Obama Is Learning Peacemaking Isn't Easy -Editorial
President Obama and his aides assumed that an aggressive effort by the new U.S. president would [be] welcome[d]. [T]hat hasn't proved true.
The administration concluded, wrongly, that obtaining an unconditional Israeli settlement freeze was an essential first step. In fact settlements are no longer a strategic obstacle to peace; most of the construction is in areas that will not be part of a Palestinian state.
The administration's inflexible stance led to an unwinnable confrontation with Netanyahu, turned Israeli public opinion against Obama, and prompted Palestinians to harden their own position.
(Washington Post)
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