Amjad Atallah

Amjad Atallah is Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation and and a former legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team.


Commentary

The time-honored Washington tradition of supporting undemocratic practices in the Middle East must end - and that includes in Israel.    

The United States spends 99 percent of its time figuring out how to butter up Israel, and only 1 percent on the legitimate concerns of Palestinians.

The United States now owns the Middle East peace process lock, stock, and barrel. America's failure would be force multiplier at a critical moment. Why Obama is the man for the job.

Israel shouldn’t be allowed to dictate American foreign policy. If it doesn’t concede on the settlements, Washington should revoke diplomatic support and restrict military aid.

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February 12, 2012