James Zogby: Barack Obama's speech: no Cairo 2.0, For Americans, perhaps, this was stirring stuff. But for an Arab audience...

"Recognising the new realities in the Middle East is important. But recognising that Arabs see Palestinian rights as a central concern and have grown weary of what they feel is America's enabling of Israel's bad behaviour is important, too. The president got the new realities part right, but he missed a vital opportunity on Palestine." James Zogby

Barack Obama's speech: no Cairo 2.0

For Americans, perhaps, this was stirring stuff. But for an Arab audience, hoping for more commitment on Palestine, it fell flat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/may/19/barack-obama-middle-east-speech