Why isn’t Obama dickering with Abbas on settlements? (Cherchez la puissance)

by Philip Weiss on July 13, 2009 · 3 comments

Notes a wise friend:
Good analysis by the superb Akiva Eldar, who wonders, Why is Obama talking to Netanyahu rather than Abbas about exceptions to the settlement freeze? (Query whether Obama sees Netanyahu as holding in this crisis a position analogous to the bankers in the financial crisis. I.e. someone you denounce and cause to feel uncomfortable, but also the ultimate relevant authority, the all-important party whom you have to "work with" and keep at your side.)

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  3. According to WaPo, Obama has turned Abbas into a hardliner
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  5. Netanyahu thinks he’s pinned Obama on settlements

{ 3 comments }

1 Richard Witty July 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm

How do conclude that Obama is not talking to Abbas? If even after six months, settlement construction stops, that will be a victory and a path.

2 ThorsProvoni July 13, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Maybe Obama realizes that Abbas is mostly irrelevant and that the USA should be talking with Hamas: The Magnes Zionist: Perfect Timing: The United States Institute of Peace Publishes Important Special Report on Hamas.

3 Alec Foliovision July 23, 2009 at 8:51 am

We are just testing some antispam features. No need for alarm, Richard.

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