The U.S. Foreign Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Case Study: George W. Bush & Obama Administrations

Abstract

This study deals with a topic of the American attitudes and policies toward the Israeli Palestinian conflict during Bush and Obama administrations, which came as a result of reform subject matter of the United States. After the events of 9/11, the American political discourse has become more focused on combating terrorism and spreading democracy in the Middle East. The importance of deciding on the issue of Palestinian Authority reforming in the interest of the United States’ foreign policy is becoming increasingly important to define the parameters of its new Middle East policy, and to tighten its control and influence on it. Indeed, the political behavior of the Palestinian leadership has sent indicators on the difficulty of reaching the ceiling of Palestinian demands to a level consistent with Israel’s security concerns, which should re-evaluate the role played by the Palestinian leadership in the peace process as a whole, and how it contributed to the failure to reach a settlement agreemenet. On this basis, the researcher assumed that the need of the United States to achieve the Israeli Palestinian agreement “peace” serves the nation’s projects and interests.