Why the Peace Process Keeps Failing

In a sense, the administration’s threats of an arms embargo, and its recent diplomatic blitz aimed at achieving a ceasefire deal, are part of a long line of hapless American initiatives to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians, many of which have had bloodstained consequences. The British journal Fathom, in the first of a series of conversations with people involved in these efforts, speaks with Elliott Abrams, who played a role in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority during the George W. Bush administration. Abrams describes how disconnected these negotiations often were from reality, and the folly of pushing for a two-state solution in the near future. (Interview by Alan Johnson and Calev Ben-Dor. Video, 50 minutes. Audio-only format and a transcript are available at the link below.)