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Beyond Belief

“Right now, America has neither the opportunity nor frankly the balls to do truly big things on Arab-Israeli peacemaking,” writes Aaron David Miller.
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Aaron David Miller writes that the Mideast peace process is like a religion—one he’s now giving up. “Right now, America has neither the opportunity nor frankly the balls to do truly big things on Arab-Israeli peacemaking,” he writes. “Without a tectonic plate shifting somewhere, it’s going to be tough to re-create the good old days when bold and heroic Arab and Israeli leaders strode the stage of history, together with Americans, willing and able to do serious peacemaking. “

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