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A Tale of Two Administrations

JL;DR SUMMARY Spanning two U.S. administrations, the article contrasts Obama's and Biden's Middle East policies with Trump's approach. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasUn Security CouncilBiden AdministrationTrump AdministrationAbraham AccordsIsraeli SecurityObama AdministrationUs Israel RelationsPalestinian StateMiddle East Policy

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Israel
"to the Trump inauguration, to take up a resolution recognizing a Palestinian state, and the United States would not veto it."
United States
"to the Trump inauguration, to take up a resolution recognizing a Palestinian state, and the United States would not veto it."
Jerusalem, Israel
"all Israeli construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and further instructed all states to distinguish in their relations between the territory of the State of Israel"
Palestinian Territories
"to veto it. To be sure, perfidy on that level struck me as somewhat unbelievable, but not totally implausible."
Iran
"the Biden administration as well. The first was that Iran could be moderated, integrated, and harnessed to provide regional stability."
Egypt
"of proxy forces under its sponsorship. Nearly every one of those proxy forces in existence today acts as an Iranian outpost to threaten not only Israel, but also Jordan, Egypt,"
Saudi Arabia
"to Saudi Arabia  and leverage them to impose on Israel strategic weakness and dependency."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Gaza, Secretary of State Blinken began pressing Prime Minister Netanyahu to enunciate his vision for Gaza after the removal of Hamas."
Khartoum, Sudan
"the new territories, but to never negotiate, recognize, or make peace with Israel — the three no’s of Khartoum."
Jordan
" Party in his two years of study at Columbia. Israel was largely ignored, too, in his schedule of consultations with Arab leaders Egypt, Jordan, Saudi"

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