Can Obama Please Both Arabs and Israelis?

30 views · Published 31 March 2014 · 1:04:45 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Despite President Barack Obama's rhetoric, most Arabs still see America through the prism of pain of the Arab-Israeli conflict, says Shibley Telhami, and a majority of Arabs and Israelis no longer believe peace is possible. Both the Arabs and the Israelis need to put public opinion aside and build an agreement.

Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution.

More from this channel