Aaron David Miller makes the case for a “Syria first” approach to Middle East peace. I think there are some reasonable elements to that, and it would help lay the groundwork for the kind of approach to Iran the president-elect says he wants to pursue. But I don’t think US policymakers can afford to think that the Palestinian issue can just fester indefinitely merely because it’s not convenient to deal with.
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