John Kerry's Peace Process Is Nearly Dead And the fault is mostly Netanyahu's

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117141/john-kerrys-peace-process-nearly-dead

MIDDLE EAST MARCH 25, 2014

John Kerry's Peace Process Is Nearly Dead And the fault is mostly Netanyahu's

BY JOHN B. JUDIS

We’ll know within the next month, and perhaps even within the next week, whether there is any chance for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during Barack Obama’s second term. Yet even if the negotiations between the parties survive past the April 29 deadline, there is little chance that they will succeed. The talks, which Secretary of State John Kerry initiated last July with enthusiasm and promise, are floundering. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to blame the Palestinians if the talks fail, but blame should almost certainly be assigned to Netanyahu and the Israelis.