Was Obama's confrontation with Israel premeditated?
By Yossi Klein Halevi
Obama is directly responsible for one of the most absurd turns in the
history of Middle East negotiations. Though Palestinian leaders
negotiated with Israeli governments that built extensively in the West
Bank, they now refused to sit down with the first Israeli government to
actually agree to a suspension of building. Obama's demand for a
building freeze in Jerusalem led to a freeze in negotiations
