Obama’s Flawed Peace Process
Since its inception in Oslo almost two decades ago, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been stymied by both sides’ dysfunctional political systems. Unfortunately, the negotiations currently taking place under the auspices of the Obama administration do nothing to address that problem.
MADRID – Since its inception in Oslo almost two decades ago, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been stymied by the dysfunctional political systems of both sides. Hostage of an impossible coalition and of a settlement movement of free-lance fanatics, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s leadership is seriously compromised. His Palestinian counterparts are hardly in a better position.
MADRID – Since its inception in Oslo almost two decades ago, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been stymied by the dysfunctional political systems of both sides. Hostage of an impossible coalition and of a settlement movement of free-lance fanatics, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s leadership is seriously compromised. His Palestinian counterparts are hardly in a better position.