What Joe Biden Can Learn from Barack Obama’s Middle East Mistakes
The more Obama tilted toward the Palestinians, the further he pushed Palestinian politics away from compromise.
November 10, 2020
What Joe Biden Can Learn from Barack Obama’s Middle East Mistakes
The more Obama tilted toward the Palestinians, the further he pushed Palestinian politics away from compromise.
President-elect Biden will no doubt seek to return to some of the policies of President Obama when it comes to the Middle East, and to much else. But Haviv Rettig Gur notes that Obama, who came to office well-liked by Israelis and Middle Easterners in general, quickly squandered that good will—and sees some lessons in this for the former vice-president:
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