Palestinian statehood: why Arabs have turned on Obama

President Obama, who made Israeli-Palestinian peace a priority from the outset of his administration, is now the US leader with incongruously bad relations with the Arab world. Here are three key causes of the deterioration in ties – and three steps that the can be taken to mend US relations with Arabs and Muslims.

Keep up pressure on Iran

Not all Arab states are equally concerned about Iran's push to expand its influence, but the Gulf states and especially Saudi Arabia are keen to see Iran's aims thwarted.

By keeping up its watch on Iran's activities, some say, the US can reassure its Arab partners that it is not turning its back on them. Maintaining pressure on Syria's pro-Iran regime of Bashar al-Assad is another plus.

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