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."
![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_tyes6BIEfi3ezv0YikSRje9z4C4yPEp71SbtO7ZJsxC_eh3dtdMNuGMiWAJngBcx6HNpGVErnabC0Ubw9Od4h4JGy0CR2_nVV4rL4XGdEJLIqVX81u11gn2NaHoB7q4f-d3vHsxhRvo1yX3tX2R06RsbKiKiUKSV5RuzUsRoKzxH36N3yGLBfcvEIgxfSldJgLFLwmz7j7TJ27=s0-d "How Barack Obama failed to stop Israeli settlements")
