Breaking the U.S.-Mideast Impasse
Robert M. Danin interviewed by Bernard GwertzmanPresident Obama should make a trip to the region soon to signal a renewed commitment to helping resolve the conflict between Palestine and...
Speaker: Robert M. Danin, Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, CFR
May 4, 2011
Robert Danin, Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, says the deal between the secularist Fatah and radical Islamist Hamas factions will effectively put Obama administration efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on hold.
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