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{weblog_name} - More Realistic Obama?
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Are we finally witnessing a maturity of approach in the Obama administration’s handling of the Middle East and particularly the Arab-Israeli conflict? One hopes and the evidence leans in that direction. Consider this: • With a late December deadline on “reassessing policy” on Iran rapidly approaching, the White House is widely signaling that it is prepared to enlist harsh sanctions against Tehran. Likewise, administration officials are specifically saying that the military option is not off the table. • There is a rapprochement of sorts between Jerusalem and Washington, with both President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu praising each other for recent actions – a reality absent for much of the past year. • Last week, the president told Lebanese President Michael Suleiman that while progress has been made on enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 –… read more