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View from Middle East: President Obama Is a Problem


(Politico) Ben Smith - President Obama's peace process is viewed almost universally in Israel as a mistake-riddled fantasy. Talks with Arab states over gestures intended to build Israeli confidence - a key part of Obama's initial plan - have long since been scrapped. And in the world's most pro-American state, the public and its leaders have lost any faith in Obama and - increasingly - even in the notion of a politically negotiated peace. Virtually nobody in Israel who isn't required by the logic of politics to express public faith in the political process of peace talks has much faith that the talks will lead anywhere.
2010-11-24 09:04:56
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