Troubled Mideast peace effort compounds U.S. policy woes in region


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014

Protesters wave Palestinian flags towards the Israeli border during a protest marking Land Day at the border between Israeli and Gaza Strip March 30, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in September, U.S. President Barack Obama declared the pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace one of the two main U.S. foreign policy priorities for his second term.

Fast-forward to today, the Obama administration faces a stark choice: expend more energy on a faltering peace process or absorb the hit to an already-troubled record in the Middle East and walk away from negotiations.

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