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The Nation criticizes President Obama's non-reaction on the recent Israel-Palestinians conflict, wondering if he will do nothing while people die, just like George W. Bush did. Excerpt:
"It may be too muchokay, it is too muchto expect an American administration to condemn a war started by Israel. But the best bet for Obama, otherwise, is to work with Egypt and Turkey to use the crisis to establish a stable cease-fire, one that would allow normal commerce from Gaza to Egypt and vice versa, some sort of international monitoring of the Israel-Gaza conflict, and an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the tit-for-tat attacks. That might be a basis, then, for a second-term Obama effort to deal seriously with the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Right now, though, its not looking good"
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