Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat looked at the road to peaceful co-existence but did not take it. Clinton’s Camp David summit was the last time Israel and the Palestinians jointly considered taking the road leading to peaceful co-existence. Iran’s nuclear energy programme has been the most contentious issue. Negotiations resulted in an agreement officially titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal of 2015. He denounced the Iran nuclear deal in characteristic hyperbole as the worst deal in American history, withdrew the US from it, and imposed extensive sanctions on Iran.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 30, 2026 16:40 UTC