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Obama May Just Want to Manage Middle East Conflict
(Commentary) Jonathan S. Tobin - During President Obama's upcoming visit to Israel, the notion that he would try to impose terms of a peace plan on Israel that the Palestinians are not interested in is absurd. After four years, the president seems to have arrived at a similar conclusion as his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. At least for now, he's done trying to solve the conflict and only wants to manage it as well as possible. Right now, Obama has higher priorities. The Palestinians have made it clear that they have no intention of signing a peace agreement that would recognize the legitimacy of a Jewish state no matter where its borders would be drawn. That means a solution to the conflict is impossible in the foreseeable future and that the only logical approach is one that seeks to manage it while preventing conflagrations.