based Al-Watan said "We should recognize the fact that the new US administration is a pioneer as regards change in the foreign affairs compared to the previous administration of Bush". The policy of the previous US administration in Afghanistan and Iraq has proved to be unsuccessful and fruitless, said the daily noting that the new administration in Washington is putting pressure on the Congress to extend support to a Palestinian government which includes Hamas. So the Arab leaderships notably the Palestinian leadership should be aware of the realism of Obama's policy and benefit from it, the daily said. "Despite the fact that what was offered by Obama's administration was not enough for the solution of the Palestinian problem, yet we should admit that all Arab pressures means have failed to take positive steps for the settlement of the Arab-Israeli dispute at the time when the Israelis are observing the 61st anniversary for the establishment of Israel on the Palestinian territories".
