(Commentary) Jennifer Rubin - "Never helpful." That's how Obama described Israel's continued building in its own capital. Obama has elevated settlements as the end-all and be-all of negotiation. Unlike every other administration that managed to avoid escalating the issue, Obama insists on exacerbating it. The inevitable Palestinian intransigence and European heckling followed.
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