article_snippet: U.S. President Barack Obama has made no secret of U.S. President Barack Obama antipathy toward Benjamin Netanyahu, and many believe that U.S. President Barack Obama has allowed disagreements over policy to spill over into personal animosity.
article_snippet: So what will U.S. President Barack Obama do on the issues that have increasingly divided Israel and the United States?
article_snippet: The reality is that where U.S. President Barack Obama might have been inclined to listen to the Israeli left (which differed little with the Likud over Iran), U.S. President Barack Obama will find it easy to dismiss the clamoring of the Israeli right, never mind that it represents the will of the people of Israel.
article_snippet: Then there are the negotiations with the Palestinians.
article_snippet: U.S. President Barack Obama has never appeared personally interested in the peace process, though the administration has made repeated attempts to bring both sides to the table.
article_snippet: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has all but abandoned the notion of bilateral negotiations toward Palestinian statehood, and has brought Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas case instead to the international community.
article_snippet: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has promised Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will continue to pursue recognition country by country, and through the United Nations, while at the same time seeking to prosecute Israel for "war crimes" through the International Criminal Court.
article_snippet: In the waning days of the election, Netanyahu made Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas job all the easier by reversing Netanyahu earlier commitment to a Palestinian state, suggesting there would never be one on Netanyahu watch.
article_snippet: the Palestinians returned the favor, announcing that the Palestinians would redouble the Palestinians efforts at the ICC.
article_snippet: This all will be tempting to just let the Palestinians have at Netanyahu, and the President will likely want to do just that.
article_snippet: Few have any doubt that if unleashed to prosecute whom it wishes by parties without legal standing (because "Palestine" is not, in fact, a state)
article_snippet: Netanyahu and Obama could do the right things and put behind Netanyahu and Obama the fuss over the speech to Congress, the personal backbiting, and the public bickering.