By what reasoning has the administration decided that pushing Israel to permit a new Palestinian state would -- in any way -- diminish the threat from Iran? Do they believe that Iran's (or I should say the Iranian leadership's) genocidal hostility toward Israel is the result of lack of progress toward an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza? ... President Obama has sent abundant signals that his foreign policy is 50 percent wishful thinking and 50 percent leftwing mush.
it’s worse than that: by putting progress on the Pali/Israeli front as a supposedly enticing reason for Iran to stop its nuclear program (patently ridiculous), Obama is setting Israel up. if progress isn’t made on the Pali front, then progress can’t be made with Iran — and who will be at fault: Israel, of course. Bibi sees the trap, fortunately. no dice, O.