| ID | 153095 |
| Title Proper | Obama legacy in the Middle East and the Trump challenge |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Freedman, Robert O |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | During the second term of President Barack Obama, US-Israeli relations sharply deteriorated. After a positive visit by President Obama to Israel in March 2013, major disagreements erupted over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, over the nuclear deal with Iran and, especially, over the construction of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Making matters worse, personal recriminations crept into the Israeli-American dialogue on the disputes. While the two countries signed a major military assistance agreement in September 2016, Israeli settlement expansion after the election of Donald Trump as the US President in November 2016 led to a further deterioration of relations between the Obama Administration and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, which was demonstrated by the Obama Administration’s failure to veto a UN Security Council Resolution condemning Israeli settlements. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Quarterly Vol. 73, No.2; Jun 2017: p.241-250 |
| Journal Source | India Quarterly Vol: 73 No 2 |
| Key Words | Obama Administration ; Binyamin Netanyahu ; John Kerry ; Jewish Settlements ; Iranian Nuclear Agreement ; Moshe Ya’Alon ; Avigdor Lieberman ; US-Israeli Security Relations ; UN Security Council Resolution 2334 |