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For Biden, the Same Obstacles Remain to Israeli-Palestinian Peace


(The Hill) Lawrence J. Haas - President-elect Biden has signaled he does not plan to focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace at the outset of his term. He faces far more pressing global challenges, and he probably recognizes that the same obstacles to peace that bedeviled his predecessors remain. They include a Palestinian side that largely rejects the reality of Israel, and an Israeli side that feels burned by Palestinian leaders who have rejected numerous offers of statehood and, at those moments, opted for more violence. Perhaps he also recognizes what recent peace deals have confirmed: Israeli-Palestinian peace never was the key to broader Arab-Israeli peace. The writer is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.
2020-12-24 00:00:00
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