Obama's flawed peace process

Hostage of an impossible coalition and of a settlement movement of freelance fanatics, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's leadership is seriously compromised.  His Palestinian counterparts are hardly in a better position.

Today, the clique that surrounds Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embodies the bitter deception which the peace process that began with the Oslo agreement has meant for the Palestinians.  Moreover, the Palestinian Authority has come neither to represent the majority of Palestinians nor to rule by democratic means.