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_s9eWVKCcY349UIsUZLWJOyMoCp_oStWr3VO5X86gZ1FfqCpqQzYZmCIXMf-cl3bxBcURCBkR8k0UHdpQSWopO1E1YJYkCyHtckb8qB9yoovnuUdk4ZYFYQA79STurCvberRfNmtHR4jO0P4mA_m0QsTkChSA4nxaobYf3IAjMEpbw7XxD3XEvp8RXVfRIV1XiqhRI-1vzpnICr=s0-d)