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November 7, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/2012-presidential-election-impact-on-the-middle-east

The New U.S. Administration and the Middle East

(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Robert Satloff - President Obama in his second term is likely early on to focus on a "grand deal" with Iran, testing the Iranians to see if there is a political settlement before he needs to decide on other means to prevent the Iranians from achieving a nuclear weapons capability. He will also increase the lethality and the amount of weaponry going to the opposition in Syria. A second Obama term is unlikely to follow the pattern of the first and have a missionary approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking. He will lower his sights and lower his horizons toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but ensure that the Palestinian Authority does not collapse. The writer is executive director of The Washington Institute.

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