Obama’s Chance for Middle East Peace
Barack Obama still has time to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he promised to do when he came to office in 2009. There is a long history of US presidents launching bold diplomatic initiatives during their last months, when they can focus on results instead of politics.
STOCKHOLM – Next year marks the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, the British statement that paved the way for Israel’s founding in 1948, and for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as the larger Arab world, that continues today.