Short Take: Sorry, Steve, this crisis may have the opposite result you hoped
The overblown non-crisis between the United States and Israel is, of course, settling down … with both sides recognizing that the problem with rifts between vital allies is that both suffer from them. Israel screwed up … and America almost made things worse by over-escalating. As it is, all sides are now heavily invested in ...
The overblown non-crisis between the United States and Israel is, of course, settling down … with both sides recognizing that the problem with rifts between vital allies is that both suffer from them. Israel screwed up … and America almost made things worse by over-escalating. As it is, all sides are now heavily invested in showing they can move things forward at the negotiating table and, I predict, will do just that. Slowly. Frustratingly. But if I had to bet, I’d suspect we’ll see more progress in this area in the next couple years than we have since the Clinton years.
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