Are the US and Israel about to clash?By Ira Chernus Here’s the question few people are asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem?  It’s true that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process appears dead in the water. No matter how much Obama might have wanted that prize, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuffed him at every turn. The president appears to have taken it on the chin, offering more than the usual support for Israel … Continue reading US Israeli problems in 2013