Two years into her term, and after carefully avoiding any success-free issues, Hillary
Clinton has finally launched herself into the Middle East peace process. According to Roger Cohen in the New York Times,
“The heavy lifting is now in Clinton’s hands”.
As evidence of Clinton’s new role, Cohen lists a video conference with the Palestinian prime minister, where the US secretary of state announced $150 million in US aid to the Palestinian Authority and said the Obama administration was “deeply disappointed” by recent Israeli behaviour.
Mrs Clinton’s foray into the Middle Eastern quagmire is interesting. It shows that the Obama administration is not going to give up and will, despite the increased opposition in the US Congress, push ahead with its peace-making efforts. Given the tenor of recent US-Israeli relations, the Middle East conflict can now be added to the list of likely Executive-Congress disputes alongside the START treaty.
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