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_umoFcazPcEhKt8NvaSzantThHUbhRS4C_KvAEKS4R-sE-oRsNGjBpJNOjzyHn3rgcB3MBEhKJSLFXPVugM5CiOl0-Wo5KLM_qpyBOHVtiAh9xecGWcpLJOWZDfkRBTYFATB2nh_nszYfq1-ykAOQbBTQK12WrIWMv9Y5EhHy2p3Rq_eC1w7Q4sW_oOm3WnVFGfxVrTdJ3ofB-Q=s0-d)