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Reminiscent of Clinton resurrecting Arafat
Reader comment on item: Obama Turns on Israel
Submitted by sara (United States), Nov 8, 2013 at 23:13
This is reminiscent of Clinton reaching out to Arafat when Israel had finally beaten him down and he was languishing in Tunis. Clinton's pressure brought him triumphantly to Gaza/WB and resurrected the PLO. That changed everything http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-02/news/mn-10966_1_west-bank
Obama is comparing himself to Clinton and the second term 'push'. The difference is: Obama has no political capital, there is no uniform spokesman among the Palestinians, and Netanyahu is not Rabin who will reluctantly shake hands,
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