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_ui8NuWRMxFcKNKlOLB7ZvXPIzANsDejI6oCXlyFQ4RAq4b_ukqxgbnH3nW9NmsQLDBD_xechPAO80AvfzhJZliT7ZYCUsM6K46Nn3qOo7K6j4-Vpm4v41UzbQSuf9HuLM5poisNAGs_MhmVvqlFEiQ-PBgyk60OW-SvUAv59p6Slv76J6nht9h0A5X-Fu0CQUgdD211rNM5DvX=s0-d)