Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza - The New York Times Highlight

In 2009, Mr. Netanyahu paid lip service to the potential for a Palestinian state; by 2015, he was promising that there would be no Palestinian state on his watch. This captures the futility of our two efforts to resolve the conflict during the Obama era. In both cases, Mr. Netanyahu seemed more intent on blaming the Palestinians for the failure of talks than on achieving peace.