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."
![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_tBUb9J5TPtQQGELqYy9qGP8wOda-k2yo0ihLaCBPIQvyRP5yZrM4-T_TsJopYc1BBzx7FudaT52onh7UQOKbOdVDI-ZucLOs3fYCvQ3B_-r1OHGsR-tnERrpRCCTzmTNHajVJuvKiO2Q4F6JBvti5KyRBjGi0L0F6I8RUkaduepmubJLaVnEQmmXgXXti4u_ZXjj6gwVqR8CqP=s0-d "How Barack Obama failed to stop Israeli settlements")
