| ID | 095181 |
| Title Proper | Obama and the Middle East peace process |
| Other Title Information | challenge and response |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | El-Khawas, Mohamed A |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The author examines the steps taken by the new administration to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The search for a solution requires dealing with many players with conflicting interests and contradictory agendas. President Obama's relaunch of the Middle East peace process soon ran into problems. His two-state solution was not endorsed by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until June 2009. President Obama's early call for a settlement freeze in the occupied territories was hailed by the Palestinians, but US envoy George Mitchell was able to get Netanyahu to agree only to a partial freeze, which was rejected by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Obama's subsequent retreat on a settlement freeze shocked the Palestinians, who refused to start the peace talks. |
| `In' analytical Note | Mediteranean Quarterly Vol. 21, No. 1; Win 2010: p25-44 |
| Journal Source | Mediteranean Quarterly Vol. 21, No. 1; Win 2010: p25-44 |
| Key Words | Barack Obama ; Peace ; Middle East ; Hamas |