This article discusses the Middle East peace talks that are being hosted by President Obama. The dominant public philosoply today is classical liberalism (see Birkland, Chapter 1)-the idea that power comes from who the people allow to govern them and public interest. In the article, the public interest of the region is achieving peace, yet both Israelis and Palestinians have different public interests that they cannot see past to achieve the goal of peace. Though we have always agreed with Israel’s policies in the past, it is imperative for them to discontinue settlement on the West Bank; it is decisions like these that need to start being made to have a united public interest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/middleeast/02diplo.html?_r=2&ref=world
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