Today on Uncommon Knowledge, Fouad Ajami on Israel.

Philosophically and temperamentally, there is a divide between the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government. The Obama administration is convinced that you need to put a peace process in motion, and that if the Palestinians don’t want to negotiate with Israel, you should have something like proximity talks – don’t bring the Palestinians to direct negotiations with Israel, let’s do it through American auspices. And if Israelis and Palestinians can’t offer their own blueprint for peace, there should be an Obama blueprint for peace. Israel has never liked that. By definition, it would put Israel at odds with the United States. That’s the diplomatic dance in all this.

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