To an unrivaled extent, Obama identified American interests with the Palestinians.

“Our problem is not that the Palestinians are not a people,” I told Kerry’s advisors. “It’s that they’re not a people ready to sustain statehood. Help them follow Israel’s model of creating viable institutions first and then erecting the state on top of them.”

all underscored the fact that we faced identical enemies. Defeating them required the closest U.S.-Israeli cooperation.

America would reconcile with Islam, reach out to Middle Eastern adversaries, and rigorously pursue a two-state solution.

of ethnic cleansing, brutal militarism, racism of several stripes, and even “pinkwashing”—exploiting its liberal policy toward lesbians and gays to

And no one understands it better than the terrorists, Hamas and Hezbollah. If they fire at Israeli civilians, Israel will retaliate and unintentionally kill the Palestinian and Lebanese civilians behind whom the terrorists hide.

had to step over supine protesters with signs saying “Dead Gazan.” Once again I had to snap out of it in order to defend Israel in public.

The authors began by rejecting the notion that “America must always be in charge.” Rather, they held, the United States should adopt a collegial approach to world affairs, working with other nations and international bodies to resolve disputes. Among these was the Iranian nuclear threat, “which should not be underestimated nor overhyped,” and that

Investigations into Palestinian Authority corruption or Abbas’s rejection of peace offers are simply quashed, while exposés of Israeli intransigence merit headlines. Friedman believes the reason is anti-Semitism, the willingness to associate Jews with the worst traits in today’s world, namely, militarism, colonialism, and racism.