Noah Feldman, Columnist

How Trump Can Get Israelis and Palestinians to Deal

This administration might be blunt enough and bold enough to shake up the status quo.

February 14, 2017 at 4:05 PM UTC

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People."

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Wednesday’s White House visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump will try to tackle Middle East peace, perhaps relying on the efforts of his counselor and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Putting aside the national security turbulence in the administration right now, can it really be done?

It’s a given that the odds are long against a comprehensive deal involving the Israelis and the Palestinians.