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Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Walter Russell Mead says, "...neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are really responsible...
Author: Walter Russell Mead
Prepared by: Brian Morris
January/February 2009
"Change They Can Believe In" by Walter Russell Mead
Foreign Affairs January/February 2009
If it hopes to bring peace to the Middle East, the Obama administration must put Palestinian politics and goals first.
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Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Walter Russell Mead says, "...neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are really responsible...
Walter Russell Mead discusses the "proximity talks" in Jerusalem.
If it hopes to bring peace to the Middle East, the Obama administration must put Palestinian politics and goals first.
From the September/October 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: The war of 1948 created both a Jewish state and a Palestinian problem.