5. There's a certain logic to Netanyahu's status quo bias. Most change in region has been for the worse.
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6. Worth noting too that despite disagreement over Iran, USA shares much same status quo agenda: Saudi Arabia, Sisi in Egypt. etc.
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7. The difference between Obama/USA position and Netanyahu/Israel position is thus a subtle one, although still real.
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8. Obama/USA is pro-status quo but also thinks on some issues (Iran nukes, Palestinians) negotiations needed because status quo untenable.
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9. Netanyahu/Israel position is that status quo can be held on to as long as possible.
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10. We should acknowledge that the status quo in the occupation isn't static: it means building more settlements, more "facts on the ground"
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11. The problem with a status quo position is that that there are real pressures, real social forces, that make status quo untenable.
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12. As Obama rightly noted, there's nothing in current Iran status quo, even buttressed by bombings, to stop Iranian nukes. Only slow down
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13. Status quo of occupation: untenable not just because of demographics but also settler violence & inevitable international isolation.
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14. Even status quo of American/Israel relationship, which is feeling pressures not because of Obama but also generational shift.
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15. Politically, Netanyahu has done well by selling a program of security based on comfort provided by status quo.
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16. But however politically successful Netanyahu's program is, strategically it is self-defeating. The status quo won't hold forever.
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