Sublime

The paper served as a primer on the administration’s foreign

of center and Israel’s center-right.

But Obama admired an idealized Israel—not

The antagonism sparked by Netanyahu, I gradually noticed, resembled that traditionally triggered by the Jews.

To an unrivaled extent, Obama identified American interests with the Palestinians.

But Abbas never bothered to respond.

Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security was genuine and fulfilled a fundamental American interest, but it also helped realize his vision.

This nebulous cabal made support for Israel, portrayed as a militantly theocratic and colonialist state, the centerpiece of America’s postwar Middle East policy and the primary source of Muslim rage against the United States.

The possibility that the UNHRC chose him because he was a Jew who could shill for the biased inquiry apparently eluded him.