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.)
