Although bush is still the president, u.s. foreign policy in the middle east is going to remain the same under an obama administration. The tiny nation of Israel is the recipent of a whopping 5 billion usd per year in economic and military aid; this exceeds u.s. aid to entire regions of the world.
In addition, washington has allowed(via veto power) israel to time and again break international laws and erect illegal settlements in occupied lands. The fact of the matter is that the jews have a lot of power in the world and a lot of economic and political power in the u.s. Hence, there is little to nothing that a u.s. president can do to change the fundamental dynamics of u.s. israeli relations, which is obviously biased towards israel.
The palestinians are guilty of wrong doing as well and I don't think a solution to the conflict is anywhere in sight.
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