Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?

Even though I'm in Thailand and should be writing about that, I wanted to comment on this excellent article byAluf Benn in the NYT. He really just nailed it, and put things in perspective. Everyone thinks that Obama is a God-send - and don't be mistaken, I like him a lot - but let's face it, he has to figure out the basic principles of this conflict and understand the Israeli-Jewish narrative. The Cairo speech was, as a matter of fact, incredibly flawed, and unfortunately his diplomatic and play-nice tendencies are being seen as appeasement to those who call for Israel's destruction.


It seems that Ron Grossman of the Chicago Tribune (Getting prickly when it's about Israel)
gets it as well.

More on Thailand later...