"...freezing settlement expansion is mostly talk ... no president wants to do battle with the pro-Israel establishment..."

The Jewish-Week wonders if Obama means what he says about a Palestinian State, JW, here

"...The  conventional view among pro-Israel leaders  – that while administrations may talk a good game about issues like freezing settlement expansion it’s mostly talk, and no president  wants to do battle with the pro-Israel establishment  – is looking shakier by the day.this administration, more than any previous one, is listening to voices in the Jewish community that say the major pro-Israel groups, which can be expected to do battle against  anything perceived as pressure on the Israeli government, are not representative of the broader Jewish community, which, some polls show, favors  stronger U.S. action in the region and may not be averse to pressure on the Jerusalem government to achieve a settlement...

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