Obama's actions can sometimes be in contradiction with this stated oratory - perhaps compromises happening along the way in favour of executing some much-needed reforms. In which case, I think the narrative will be quite sympathetic over time - no one doubts that the charisma of the cause exceeds personal charisma - truth will always prevail.
And that is why this last-minute determination to push through the two-state solution and keep Netanyahu in check must be supported. It may not matter much that this may be too late. It will be too late anyway if nothing is done, but he has created conditions for the global community to act upon and slam-dunk the tiny, haughty and friendless (not so many, but Singapore is unfortunately one of their friends) Jewish state.
Is there hope for that though? Turkey is mired in domestic terrorism, Iran is in empire building mode, Syria which needs the global community and its Arab neighbours help is being left to drown on its own? Again, reshaping the global muslim agenda should be a key political objective, but we are all left to deal with our own internal problems aren't we?
May Allah help us.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/28/the-two-state-solution-in-the-middle-east-all-you-need-to-know John Kerry's excellent speech schooling Israel on values in the video.
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