BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN It’s impossible to read the agenda for the Oval Office summit between Obama, Netanyahu and Abbas without laughing out loud at the absurdity of its pretensions. The American plan is that President Obama will inform Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, representing the Palestinian Authority, that this is make-or-break time for a peaceful settlement. The U.S. wants an agreement within a year, with the stipulations in this agreement to be phased […]
Obama’s Mideast Summit: The Farce is with Us – Yet Again
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