The Best Chance For Peace In Israel And Palestine Is For Uncle Sam To Butt Out
b'Is it surprising that the Israelis and Palestinians are still unable to come to some sort of agreement? After all if the adjudicator in a mediation is firmly on your side why bother to concede anything to the enemy? Conversely, why accept anything proposed by the adjudicator if you know his affections are biased towards the other side? We know America\\u2019s neutrality is hopelessly compromised on this issue and it doesn\\u2019t pretend otherwise. Say something against Israel in the run-up to the US presidential elections and you won\\u2019t become president. And since that\\u2019s not going to change, the best thing one can hope is for America to simply withdraw from the peace process.\\n\\nOr is it? Some have faith that Washington can be persuaded to adopt a more flexible and even-handed stance \\u2013 that it can free itself from the influence of the hard-liners and be responsive to more liberal voices. For if America were not involved \\u2013 if the most important global playmaker were excluded or pulled out of the negotiating process \\u2013... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n \\n\\xa0See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'