Why would Obama plump for controversy over Israel?

20.05.2011                      16.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 31 des Omer

Analyse:

Why would Obama plump for controversy over Israel?

Amid ME upheaval, the US president chose to save controversial statements for the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The ornate chandeliered and gilded Ben Franklin Room of the State Department, scene of US President Barack Obama’s much-hyped Middle East policy speech Thursday, has the distinction of being a significant venue for inaction rather than action.
In September, US-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who introduced Obama’s address, hosted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at this very same spot to launch direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations….