Peace for the Middle East

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has gone to the UN security council to seek recognition and approval for a Palestinian state. The Obama administration strongly disproves of President Abbas's actions, and Obama has resolved to veto any Security Counsel resolutions. He believes that any such action would increase the unrest in the area. Israel has warned of repercussions if President Abbas goes through with his plans, but most of the warnings from the Obama Administration and European diplomats scrambling to make a stronger peace deal for the two sides have been ignored Whats worse is that Israel has been losing its trust in the United States, seeing that the country's influence in the Middle East has sharply declined. President Obama, who has been losing support with the many affluent and influential Jewish voters in the United States, is being met with heady disapproval from the Israeli government. Israel does have a right train of thought, as most countries should protect themselves before protecting other countries. Attempts for additional peace-talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians have fallen through, especially after Israel continued to build settlements on land won during the 1967 Middle East War. Many of the weapons and funding for the wars Israel has fought has come from the United States. Personally, I think this is an issue that is too complicated because it is not just a dispute about land distribution. It involves holy sites and two different cultures that are clashing because of failures to acknowledge the other side from both parties. I think the Palestinians deserve a country just as much as the Israelis, but if no one is willing to vouch for the other side, nothing will ever be accomplished.