How Barack Obama failed to stop Israeli settlements - Al Jazeera English
"Obama misunderstood how Israeli policymakers perceive the critical,
central role of settlement in occupation policy, and he was unprepared
to enforce his own demand for a complete freeze in the face of
unexpected Israeli opposition."
![How Barack Obama failed to stop Israeli settlements A cascading series of poor policy choices lost the Obama administration the critical policy initiative on Palestine, writes Aronson [Reuters]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uTWHuDgEfFAgWSZwXLf9tWmFaRqCZf0QfNzrFVFBoAh0g5Nuumd8MqWV3bWtO1XT9UqNYD1g8PeciEmOVV7iRtdxxL2S6a-gmlNliXFFF9HMNFbecIfqhjdz8Cgz9a-elfUa7wPTKL9L4wKmH_AQE_8pfJXcT8ULrmjQx8EEuvF4NA6I9v-cLKlTfhbggdUxVjSBZsPNOIorE4=s0-d)