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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Oren-Obama-has-selective-memory-on-Middle-East-447782
Selective Memory on the Middle East
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - President Obama's interview last week with Jeffrey Goldberg in which he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proves that he has "selective memory" about Israel-related events, Michael Oren, who served as Israel's ambassador to the U.S. during the first four and a half years of Obama's presidency, said Sunday. Oren said that Obama did not give credit to Netanyahu for steps he took toward the Palestinians or hold accountable Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who he did not mention in the interview, for rejecting repeated American peace initiatives. "The article is missing the faintest reference to Abbas," Oren said. "This shows prejudice against Arabs, as if they have no role to play and are mere two-dimensional props for receiving Israeli concessions. Abbas walked away from the negotiating table. Why don't Palestinians ever bear responsibility for a failed peace process?"