It is just puzzling how supposedly the top intelligentsia of our nation continue this going back and forth when it has been clear going way back that neither Iran or Palestine have ever negotiated in good faith. Nothing is going to change Palestine or Iran's positions. Obama either has a hidden agenda or he just can't negotiate and since he was trained as a lawyer I doubt its the latter.

Obama is favorably inclined toward Islam and is not enamored with Israel.

The time for negotiations has long past and the US needs to move in a different direction. but to allow these two countries to string us along only advantages their agenda.