If you were to ask Israel’s pugnacious Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, off the record, what policy he thought Washington should pursue in the Middle East, he might very well tell you that it should be whatever he tells Washington it should be. If he did actually say that out loud, rather than just thinking it, it would be hard for him to get anyone else to agree, least of all representatives of the out-going administration of US President Barack Obama. Benjamin Netanyahu The last few weeks of President Obama’s final term in office have carried the mood of bilateral relations between the US and Israel to a new low. The latest rift is over passage of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 by a vote of 14 to zero. This resolution concerns occupation by Israel since 1967 of Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem. It specifically underscores Israel’s definition under the terms of the Fourth Geneva Convention as “an occupying power” in the disputed Palestinian lands and af...
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Author Roberto Vivo comments on wars past and present, on the world’s great peacemakers and on the pathway to global peace. His basic philosophy: In a world where 9 out of every 10 victims of armed conflict are civilians, war is no longer a viable political alternative. Indeed, it is the ultimate crime against humanity. If rising generations are to have a future, the key will lie in world peace. War is the pathway to oblivion.