Kennan was also born to a Midwestern middle-class family, also determined to escape the obscurity of his background by gaining acceptance into the Ivy League and the Washington intellectual establishment, etc. Old story (2/8)
“The Israeli-Palestinian situation is tense, particularly in the West Bank, but in the face of serious frictions, we have de-escalated crises in Gaza and restored direct diplomacy between the parties after years of its absence.” (2/6)