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_sQ-XjH9E8y3zUHTHffC4s3Fp7rU4kijrxpE5rB0XgUyG31MMPoJvE0mBEYlB7Go978onShPMOdKLwOwx-JeBO-HKWyJlLd0xCvO8snEa1Pav2hX3B9wRQtEq1-Yk49GwLFKiwqeX5yYvtv_ve3Nfxw6DR7Bk-RhPzhNygxwhUMI_rZSYEHz7kM9STGa4f8qkjeukhwuo8SekNp=s0-d)