From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Uri Savir was published by Al-Monitor on December 20, 2015.
US Secretary of State John Kerry came back from his recent trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah on Nov. 24 empty-handed and, for the first time for this extreme optimist, completely disillusioned with the stalled Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He found Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even more rejectionist than before, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas weaker and more depressed. A senior US State Department official dealing with the Middle East described to Al-Monitor the current situation in very bleak terms. President Barack Obama’s administration is fearing that the lack of any horizon of hope for the Palestinians will turn the current chaotic violence into a more organized and violent intifada.
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