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July 9, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916155,00.html

Obama's New Approach

(Ynet News) Eytan Gilboa - In their latest meeting, Obama lauded Netanyahu and his policy, treated him with respect, and stressed areas of agreement. Obama's previous strategy of exerting brutal pressure on the prime minister and creating a crisis in U.S.-Israel relations did not produce the hoped-for results, did not improve America's status in the Arab and Muslim world, did not promote talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and did not prompt strategic shifts in Netanyahu's policy. The opposite was true: The Palestinians reached the conclusion that they need not do a thing - the U.S. will do the job for them and elicit all the concessions they demanded from Israel. Professor Eytan Gilboa is a political science and communication lecturer at Bar-Ilan University.

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