[Peace-discuss] "honest broker"

[David Green]

http://mondoweiss.net/2010/04/barack-obama-is-speaking-the-language-of-israel-firster-dennis-ross.html


William Quandt is a reliable source and astute observor in this piece; Dennis Ross plays the role of Aaron David Miller:

The notion that the United States can’t want peace more than the Israelis and Palestinians want it is, as Quandt points out, a relic of the Clinton and second Bush administration’s approach to Israel/Palestine, and not Baker’s view. It’s also a view that Dennis Ross has pushed hard, with tragic consequences for the Palestinians. The question we should be asking is why Ross has such a prominent role in Obama’s strategy for dealing with the Middle East, a role that is very detrimental. Ross, as Laura Rozen at Politico reported in late March, is still very much involved in crafting the administration’s approach to Israel, and is reportedly “more sensitive to Netanyahu’s coalition politics than to U.S. interests.”

DG


      
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