(Al Monitor) Laura Rozen - "The problem we face is, to the Israelis, it looks like we are dithering and that we are going to keep on dithering until they lose their opportunity to act," said Patrick Clawson, deputy director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "That is not confidence-building for the Israelis." "The U.S. administration's attitude is, we've got to wait to see if [the sanctions are] working." "On sanctions...the big question is what political impact they have, not what economic impact they have," Clawson said.
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