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More Than Just a Photo-Op Barack Obama's handshake meeting with Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu is not getting nearly the credit it deserves. In fact, Obama's Mideast peace strategy is far more sophisticated than most observers realize. BY DANIEL LEVY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Obama Hosts Netanyahu
Obama Hosts Netanyahu
online.wsj.com — Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank town of Halhul, north of Hebron, on Sunday. (more) Obama Hosts Netanyahu
Netanyahu told Obama: Peace talks must yield deal
haaretz.com — Most of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama this week took place in private, and it centered mainly on the Palestinian issue. This is what Netanyahu told the people he briefed after the meeting. ... (more) Netanyahu told Obama: Peace talks must yield deal
Top U.S. officials: Mideast peace talks have hit impasse
haaretz.com — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. special envoy George Mitchell again Monday afternoon in an attempt to find a way to allow the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table. Senior U.S. officials admit that the talks have ... (more) Top U.S. officials: Mideast peace talks have hit impasse
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On U.S Middle East Policy and Amateurism
TPMCafe — ... It is certainly legitimate for the administration to have not chosen option one, and to have decided that this was the wrong issue and/or wrong timing to escalate with the Netanyahu government. My own preference would have been for option two, and indeed, the administration could reasonably be perceived to have laid the ground deftly for such a pivot. Unfortunately, they went for option three, and it all came crashing down around their feet this week. ...

On U.S Middle East Policy and Amateurism
The Washington Note — ... It is certainly legitimate for the administration to have not chosen option one, and to have decided that this was the wrong issue and/or wrong timing to escalate with the Netanyahu government. My own preference would have been for option two, and indeed, the administration could reasonably be perceived to have laid the ground deftly for such a pivot. Unfortunately, they went for option three, and it all came crashing down around their feet this week. ...

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