The Israeli Assault on Gaza: Another Foreign Test Failed by the Obama Administration

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  • Osama Abu Irshaid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12816/0007117

Keywords:

Israeli Offensive, Gaza, Obama Administration, American Foreign Policy

Abstract

Many American observers agree that the recent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip represented a major challenge for the administration of President Barack Obama because it aggravated the international crises facing American foreign policy and shed light once again on the subject of the decline of American leadership. This paper discusses the decline in the capabilities of the American presidency under Obama and sheds light on the failure of the United States to deal, as it should have, with the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which was unprecedented in size, destruction, and duration. The paper gives particular focus on the increasing inability of the United States to confront Israeli intransigence.

Author Biography

  • Osama Abu Irshaid
    باحث غير مقيم في المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسات السياسات. امتحان خارجي جديد تفشل فيه إدارة أوباما

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Vol. 2 No. 010 (2014): Issue 010

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