As the US administration celebrates a hard-fought breakthrough on the nuclear negotiations with Iran, actors at the United Nations are keen to nudge the Americans toward another issue that could further cement the president’s legacy in diplomacy.
The French are preparing a new UN Security Council resolution on negotiations that would seek to enforce a two-state solution in the decadeslong Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but for it to succeed, they need the cooperation of Israel’s traditional guardian, the United States, which has so far sent mixed signals on the issue.