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_uvT3IpzZEi_tLSm3BQdBCCSg7tLQjxUO4E6WTd2a3s0M6UCMQF_rHNpMaYivjksjKnue9xmtjRXPvUUgrfrYeoeL4UGtQX39SF08hZCxbD5-f-BUe1XfZUCOAyQ9G9jUI0sUHCM2ZrQhmILY6mk1md38apFwlAfD_-6H44M31ZasdK-L0cc6KLguXc5DPOxiEN9vjkSRlFA3zv=s0-d)