{"id":3802,"date":"2015-11-11T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:58:19","slug":"epalestine-hill-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2015\/11\/epalestine-hill-president-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hill: President Obama, recognize Palestine now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Hill &#8211; November 11, 2015<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>President Obama, recognize Palestine now!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By Sam Bahour, Geoffrey Lewis and Nomika Zion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/foreign-policy\/259747-president-obama-recognize-palestine-now\/\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\" http:\/\/bit.ly\/President-Obama-recognize-Palestine-now-theHill\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/ePalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/120203_obama_netanyahu2_reu-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3803\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Where many are grasping at straws for new strategies to compensate for so many past diplomatic failures, the only real strategy left is the realization of the state of Palestine on the ground. This is the missing link to get negotiations back on track and to give Palestinians hope for the future, not to mention saving the two-state solution from total collapse. U.S. recognition of Palestine would be the first concrete political step that would open the way to an entirely new dynamic upon which the end game would no longer be an unknown, allowing all stakeholders to focus on state building instead of ideological debate.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">READ ON AT:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/foreign-policy\/259747-president-obama-recognize-palestine-now\/\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/President-Obama-recognize-Palestine-now-theHill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hill &#8211; November 11, 2015 President Obama, recognize Palestine now! By Sam Bahour, Geoffrey Lewis and Nomika Zion &#8220;Where many are grasping at straws for new strategies to compensate for so many past diplomatic failures, the only real strategy left is the realization of the state of Palestine on the ground. 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