Newsweek tells Obama to get tougher with Israel

Hmm, maybe the "Israel rules" are losing a bit of their bite with the MSM. Aaron David Miller gets down to brass tacks pretty early:

Despite efforts to sound reassuring during the campaign, the new administration will have to be tough, much tougher than either Bill Clinton or George W. Bush were, if it's serious about Arab-Israeli peacemaking.

Miller then says that, without ignoring the various transgressions of Hamas, Obama will have to deal more with Israeli actions on the ground. He says legitimiate punishment of Hamas can't be used to crush Palestinian economic development. He next says Obama needs to do more than previous presidents on the West Bank settlements issue.

Read the full story for more of Miller's thoughts.