Obama marks end of policy dictation?

PressTV picks up, as one of their lead headlines, the story that US President Barack Obama says his administration will focus on "listening more" rather than "dictating" policies in the Middle East. Discussing his Al-Arabiya interview, the article focuses on President Obama's use of the word "listen."

"And so what I told [former Sen. George J. Mitchell, his envoy to the Middle East] is start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating ...and we don't always know all the factors that are involved. So let's listen," Obama said on Monday.

PressTV explained that the envoy would be visiting "Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, London and Paris would focus on talking to 'all the parties involved' in the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis." but pointed out that "Mitchell will not be traveling to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Once again delaying his response to the Israeli carnage on the Gaza Strip."

"Israel launched Operation Cast Lead on the impoverished Palestinian strip to allegedly stop Hamas rockets from reaching Israel. Officials later upgraded their objective, affirming that they attacked the slither to destroy the democratically-elected ruler of the sliver of land, namely Hamas.After failing to achieve their objectives, however, echelons in Tel Aviv backtracked on the issue, suggesting that they did not seek their previously announced goals and that they only wanted to weaken Hamas. The Israeli military operations claimed more than 1300 lives on the Palestinian side and killed at least 13 Israelis."

I have noticed that PressTV's stories lag a bit behind actual US events however, this article shows the dissatisfaction "Iran" has with Obama's response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which I am sure reflects that of others throughout the region.