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Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=107889
Scorecard on Middle East Diplomacy
[Daily Star-Lebanon] Rami G. Khouri - It has been nine months since Obama took office with a pledge to personally work for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, and the scorecard of results is defined by more negatives than positives. The U.S. has recalibrated its own role and has tried to be an active, persistent, and more even-handed mediator. It has publicly demanded that both sides make immediate moves to revive an environment conducive to peace talks. Yet Abbas is weaker than he was nine months ago and the Palestinian side remains badly divided between Hamas and Fatah. The U.S. is not pushing too hard because it knows that no progress will be made while the Palestinians remain divided as they are now.