Khalidi's Audacity of Hope

Will Obama enforce the law or was his claimed commitment to Israel a feint?

Earlier this month, hosting Benjamin Netanyahu -- the Israeli prime minister he had humiliated back in March -- President Obama was at pains to prove he is not hostile to the Jewish state. In fact, he took umbrage at a reporter’s suggestion that his administration is not committed to what he called the “special bond,” America’s relationship with Israel.

Well...