Friday, March 05, 2010

Obama's mis-step


Challenges of Middle East Peace -David Makovsky

The U.S. is smarting from the fact that the Arab states were supposed to match Israeli moves on settlements with gestures towards Israel, but failed to do anything.

The Arab states may say that the settlement moratorium is not 100% of what they would like. No negotiation is what one side wants. Yet, even if they think Netanyahu only moved 70%, they have responded with 0% reciprocity.

It is unlikely the U.S. will go down this road again.
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
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