The US Backs Down on Settlements

While I am liberal in my domestic political leanings, this is why my views on US-Mideast policy are strictly bipartisan (and always critical). Like I told my brother, I was cautiously optimistic about Obama on the Palestinian issue. Then his policy ends up being no different that Bush, if not weaker. But like this guy says, it really shouldn't be a surprise:
Rabbani said a "pattern is consistent with American policy since the beginning of Israel-Palestine diplomacy in the early 1990s - always leaning on the Palestinians to make concessions in order to solve the problems they're having with the Israelis. No surprise here; nothing new."