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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112902011.html
Deflated Arab Hopes
(Washington Post) Jackson Diehl - It's been nearly six months since Barack Obama stirred hearts and raised hopes across much of the Arab world with his much-promoted Cairo address. The peace-process bubble burst two months ago when attempts to launch final-settlement talks between Israelis and Palestinians collapsed. Arabs who were led by Obama's rhetoric to believe that the U.S. would force Israel to make unprecedented unilateral concessions were bitterly disappointed.