Thursday, November 19, 2009

Little behind Obama’s tough Mideast talk

Middle East Online, 2009-11-19



Consistently humiliated by Israel

Analysts: Obama has no real power over Israel despite his hard tone against Tel Aviv.

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is hardening its tone against Israel, but analysts warned Wednesday the tough talk was mere bluster hiding the lack of a viable plan to revive the Middle East peace process.

“You’ve had three ‘no’s’ to an American president in his first year,” said Aaron David Miller, who has served as advisor on Middle East peacemaking to previous US administrations

President Barack Obama is now “faced with the default position, which is words,” said Miller from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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