(Ha'aretz) Natan Sachs - Many in Washington are wondering why Secretary of State John Kerry has chosen this of all times to engage in energetic, high-level diplomacy to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Clearly, the current situation does not favor achieving peace. Both Palestinian and Israeli leaders have scant trust in the other's intentions. The broader Middle East is now undergoing generational upheavals. If ever there was a time when Israel would be unlikely to take security risks, or when the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah would be hesitant to make tough, historic compromises with Israel, it would be now. The writer is a research fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
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