The erosion of US‒Israeli relations during Obama’s second term

Freedman, Robert O.

doi:10.1080/13537121.2016.1274508

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“…Finally, during the 2013–2014 nine-month peace effort by the new US Secretary of State John Kerry, there was again an emphasis on dealing simultaneously with all final status issues. However, the end result of all these changes in US negotiating priorities was the same—the failure to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians; and by the time Obama left office in January 2017, the chances for a peace agreement appeared more remote than they were when he came to power in 2009 (Freedman, 2017).…”

Section: Obama and Regional Conflictsmentioning

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The Obama Legacy in the Middle East and the Trump Challenge

Freedman¹

2017

India Quarterly

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During the second term of President Barack Obama, US-Israeli relations sharply deteriorated. After a positive visit by President Obama to Israel in March 2013, major disagreements erupted over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, over the nuclear deal with Iran and, especially, over the construction of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Making matters worse, personal recriminations crept into the Israeli-American dialogue on the disputes. While the two countries signed a major military assistance agreement in September 2016, Israeli settlement expansion after the election of Donald Trump as the US President in November 2016 led to a further deterioration of relations between the Obama Administration and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, which was demonstrated by the Obama Administration’s failure to veto a UN Security Council Resolution condemning Israeli settlements.

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Section: Obama and Regional Conflictsmentioning

confidence: 99%