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_sNWdFddD1DmUtaj2SuzeCQXa86GEKAdaL_mmY_LGS5eH2Wz8caxol-VrnBAEObpvteBRLujXVTIeERB4alw0VdB0Mqqp425jMY2LWgick8nJ68_vEw2s7yJdvCSSJeT34YdY173xruzXNv4jF7IyazlrPd-rp5dolJ_4g1GRfvM56_0RnK8wzva2b9cgjbne8HCDBiR9Bz6qar=s0-d)