Shoshana Bryen quoted on Osama bin Laden’s death in The Jewish Week (NY), 5/3/11
Obama Emboldened, But Old Middle East Obstacles Remain
James D. Besser – Washington Correspondent
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of elite U.S. forces was a boost for a president with few foreign policy achievements to his credit. But it will do little to ease the foreign policy and political conundrums his administration faces in a changing Middle East, and in some cases may add new complications.
While the Palestinian Authority supported the U.S. action, Hamas quickly condemned the killing of a “holy warrior.”
Obama Emboldened, But Old Middle East Obstacles Remain
James D. Besser – Washington Correspondent
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of elite U.S. forces was a boost for a president with few foreign policy achievements to his credit. But it will do little to ease the foreign policy and political conundrums his administration faces in a changing Middle East, and in some cases may add new complications.
While the Palestinian Authority supported the U.S. action, Hamas quickly condemned the killing of a “holy warrior.”
Analysts say that could add yet another obstacle as the Obama administration seeks new routes to an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord in the wake of last week’s Fatah-Hamas unity agreement.