RABBI WEIN ON IT IS ALWAYS OUR FAULT

Part of the fallout from the ill-starred negotiations that recently ended in failure is that somehow blame for this failure cannot be laid at the door of the facilitator, the American State Department and its Secretary of State, but rather it must be assigned to the participants themselves. Originally, President Obama seemed to be even- handed in blaming both participants for the failure of this fool’s errand, but as the recent interviews with “senior” American officials have indicated, it is now clear that Israel is to be held to be at fault for the failed negotiations.