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_usCva4ElBBDQRi2gsiUfF0U3YF_CTZHh0t7n7PT2pxK7PUUME_UrPRo68gbOR34U4XZqOM96sptrsKcT8cdwoEZnGQy83TVCS4QvePNuMd4X_srTO4GnqGZNQFvcIecWip-BBFzVr50eyGaZZpKNganGHn7K5GH6X8hioDpVovMuAAhOtWG0reVln645PymYUY8SPVeI26D8OD=s0-d)