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_s5NdT80WR0e6XpY71GaXrX1ZwZzq3mXHYOP5SNOPJjEeSiuP0mWnFPbJeqnVg3YndAhVV3V08VluFxaN7WZQPx-xcahzmjYnxQhbCdRquqWC-qsJ3O4wjz-xEy_VEO26YfyKPTyELkOO57mX6siSNj297e3mixcj-fs-Iy9OyNM-OHCTvsQf9mixGxWT6Rq5j5Keon9Vgitejd=s0-d)