President Obama is causing consternation and uncertainty in Israel because of his continuing refusal to make clear that America will veto any Security Council resolution attempting to impose a settlement of the Jewish-Arab conflict in former Palestine other than under the Roadmap of his predecessor George W. Bush.
The Roadmap - first envisioned on 24 June 2002 - was finally documented on 30 April 2003.
Bush made the following written commitment to Israel in his letter to Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on 14 April 2004--which was overwhelmingly endorsed by the American Congress by 502 votes to 12 in June 2004:
