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Obama must try harder | Richard Silverstein

Source: The Guardian

Nov 01, 2009

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After his magnificent speech in Cairo, Obama's Middle East peace policy earns an 'A' for vision but only a 'C' for action

Though Obama campaigned as somewhat of a hardliner on issues like Iran and Jerusalem to ensure support from the Jewish community, I do not believe he will govern or implement policy as a hawk. Nor will he be the anti-Israel pushover imagined by McCain and Jewish Republicans
(The sky's the limit, 7 November 2008)

Barack Obama earns a grade of "A" for vision and "C" for execution in the year since his election, regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict. He earns top marks for vision based largely on his magnificent Cairo speech, easily the most remarkable public statement any US president has delivered on the subject. But he earns a C for execution, because hardly anything voiced in that speech has been translated into concrete accomplishment.

The major element of Obama administration efforts over the past few months has been a settlement freeze, which Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has successfully resisted. The US also made the foolhardy

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