Bryen Quoted in Jewish Week (NY) on U.S. Incentives to Israel, 11/16/2010
Game Changer In The Wings?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent
Washington Post columnist Glenn Kessler called it a “triumph of hope over experience,” but experienced Middle East hands are wondering if the Obama administration might have a trick or two up its sleeve as it appears on the verge of winning a 90-day, non-renewable settlement construction moratorium in return for a glittery package of incentives to Israel.
Game Changer In The Wings?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent
Washington Post columnist Glenn Kessler called it a “triumph of hope over experience,” but experienced Middle East hands are wondering if the Obama administration might have a trick or two up its sleeve as it appears on the verge of winning a 90-day, non-renewable settlement construction moratorium in return for a glittery package of incentives to Israel.
“It’s a desperate strategy the administration is pursuing,” said Robert O. Freedman, a Middle East scholar at Johns Hopkins University. “If this works to get the parties back to the negotiating table, it’s a short-term victory, but it’s hard to see where it goes from there.”