"Time is running out for Israel and the Palestinians. Barack Obama is probably the last American president to have the option of pursuing an accord leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, the so-called two-state solution."
So begins an op-ed piece by Bernd Debusmann, writing on Reuters.
In a most interesting piece well worth reading [in full, here] Bebusmann deals with what appears pessimism that any signs of a new approach to resolving the on-going issue is emerging from the Obama camp:
"While Obama has been critical of the hands-off approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the first seven years of the Bush administration, dismissing its efforts as “trips consisting of little more than photo-ops”, the president-elect has shown no sign that he might be willing to break with the decades-old policies that have earned the U.S. a reputation in the Arab world of backing Israel no matter what."
Interesting, too, is the seemingly growing position emanating from both Arabs and Israelis that a two-State solution may not be possible.
So begins an op-ed piece by Bernd Debusmann, writing on Reuters.
In a most interesting piece well worth reading [in full, here] Bebusmann deals with what appears pessimism that any signs of a new approach to resolving the on-going issue is emerging from the Obama camp:
"While Obama has been critical of the hands-off approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the first seven years of the Bush administration, dismissing its efforts as “trips consisting of little more than photo-ops”, the president-elect has shown no sign that he might be willing to break with the decades-old policies that have earned the U.S. a reputation in the Arab world of backing Israel no matter what."
Interesting, too, is the seemingly growing position emanating from both Arabs and Israelis that a two-State solution may not be possible.
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