Obama's Israel envoy sees positive elements in Trump's peace effortsTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Two months after stepping down as Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro sees some good in the initial peace efforts by the new administration of Donald Trump, even as he voices his grievances against it. “So far the approach on the Israeli-Palestinian issue has been more cautious and more responsible than almost anything else,” Shapiro told Reuters.  “I can’t quite explain why on this one issue they’re closer to the norm than they’ve been on other issues.” Shapiro has gained a following of thousands on his new personal Twitter account, sharing insights gleaned from nearly six years in the Tel Aviv embassy and face-to-face contacts with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and correcting misconceptions he perceives on social media about Obama’s diplomacy. In the interview, he said Trump has surprised him by calling for a slowdown in Israeli settlement construction on occupied land Palestinians seek for a state. The former envoy praised the Republican president’s chief negotiator Jason Greenblatt for meeting a cross-section of Israelis and Palestinians during a visit last week that has led to U.S.-Israeli discussions on limiting settlement building. Still, Shapiro cautioned, Trump’s government is inconsistent and unpredictable.  “I’m not sure how comfortable the Israelis should be with an administration that’s hard to read, that’s far from fully staffed, that has a very undeveloped policymaking apparatus and has very divergent voices within it,” he said. On other diplomatic fronts, Shapiro said, the Trump administration has been cozying up dangerously to Russia, backtracking from free trade agreements and international organizations and calling into question Washington’s NATO obligations. When news broke earlier this week that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson planned to skip a NATO meeting, Shapiro pointed on Twitter to a failure to fill staff vacancies. “That’s OK, he’ll just send his Dep ... I mean, that’s OK, he’ll send the Underse ... I mean, that’s OK, he’ll send an Assistan ... Oh, never mind,” he wrote.  Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams. The decision to delay his family’s return, Shapiro said in an interview with Reuters, also allows him to avoid what he described as the “bleak” mood in Washington following Donald Trump’s election as president. Shapiro has avoided wading into Israel’s domestic politics on Twitter, saying that as a guest in the country, it would be unseemly to do so. Looking back on the failures of the Obama administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, he suggested that former Secretary of State John Kerry may have been too idealistic in pursuing talks that collapsed in 2014. “We might have adjusted our approach had we taken a very realistic assessment whether we had the leadership dynamics to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations,” said Shapiro. The United States, he said, had been aware after efforts during Obama’s first term, of the deep personal mistrust between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. “And so it’s a fair question about whether it was realistic at the beginning of the second term that with a concerted effort we could achieve an appreciably different result,” Shapiro said. (The story is refiled to drop extraneous word in lead) politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Obama's Israel envoy sees positive elements in Trump's peace effortsTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Two months after stepping down as Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro sees some good in the initial peace efforts by the new administration of Donald Trump, even as he voices his grievances against it. “So far the approach on the Israeli-Palestinian issue has been more cautious and more responsible than almost anything else,” Shapiro told Reuters.  “I can’t quite explain why on this one issue they’re closer to the norm than they’ve been on other issues.” Shapiro has gained a following of thousands on his new personal Twitter account, sharing insights gleaned from nearly six years in the Tel Aviv embassy and face-to-face contacts with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and correcting misconceptions he perceives on social media about Obama’s diplomacy. In the interview, he said Trump has surprised him by calling for a slowdown in Israeli settlement construction on occupied land Palestinians seek for a state. The former envoy praised the Republican president’s chief negotiator Jason Greenblatt for meeting a cross-section of Israelis and Palestinians during a visit last week that has led to U.S.-Israeli discussions on limiting settlement building. Still, Shapiro cautioned, Trump’s government is inconsistent and unpredictable.  “I’m not sure how comfortable the Israelis should be with an administration that’s hard to read, that’s far from fully staffed, that has a very undeveloped policymaking apparatus and has very divergent voices within it,” he said. On other diplomatic fronts, Shapiro said, the Trump administration has been cozying up dangerously to Russia, backtracking from free trade agreements and international organizations and calling into question Washington’s NATO obligations. When news broke earlier this week that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson planned to skip a NATO meeting, Shapiro pointed on Twitter to a failure to fill staff vacancies. “That’s OK, he’ll just send his Dep ... I mean, that’s OK, he’ll send the Underse ... I mean, that’s OK, he’ll send an Assistan ... Oh, never mind,” he wrote.  Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams. The decision to delay his family’s return, Shapiro said in an interview with Reuters, also allows him to avoid what he described as the “bleak” mood in Washington following Donald Trump’s election as president. Shapiro has avoided wading into Israel’s domestic politics on Twitter, saying that as a guest in the country, it would be unseemly to do so. Looking back on the failures of the Obama administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, he suggested that former Secretary of State John Kerry may have been too idealistic in pursuing talks that collapsed in 2014. “We might have adjusted our approach had we taken a very realistic assessment whether we had the leadership dynamics to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations,” said Shapiro. The United States, he said, had been aware after efforts during Obama’s first term, of the deep personal mistrust between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. “And so it’s a fair question about whether it was realistic at the beginning of the second term that with a concerted effort we could achieve an appreciably different result,” Shapiro said. (The story is refiled to drop extraneous word in lead) politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: obama israel envoy sees positive elements trump peace effortstel aviv reuters two months stepping barack obama ambassador israel dan shaping sees good initial peace efforts new administration donald trump even voices grievances so far approach issue cautious responsible almost anything else shaping told reuters i quite explain one issue closer norm shaping gained following thousands new personal twitter account sharing insights gleaned nearly six years tel aviv embassy contacts prime minister benjamin netanyahu correcting misconceptions perceives social media obama diplomacy in interview said trump surprised calling slowdown israeli settlement construction occupied land palestinians seek state the former envoy praised republican president chief negotiator jason greenblatt meeting israeli palestinians visit last week led discussions limiting settlement building still shaping cautioned trump government inconsistent unpredictable i sure comfortable israeli administration hard read far fully staffed undeveloped policymaking apparatus divergent voices within said on diplomatic fronts shaping said trump administration copying dangerously russia backtracking free trade agreements international organizations calling question washington nato obligations when news broke earlier week secretary state rex tillerson planned skip nato meeting shaping pointed twitter failure fill staff vacancies that ok send dep i mean ok send undersea i mean ok send assistant oh never mind wrote now adviser hedge fund distinguished visiting fellow israel institute national security studies shaping took unorthodox course staying israel leaving diplomatic post daughter could finish high school exams the decision delay family return shaping said interview reuters also allows avoid described bleak mood washington following donald trump election president shaping avoided wading israel domestic politics twitter saying guest country would unseemly looking back failures obama administration peace efforts suggested former secretary state john kerry may idealistic pursuing talks collapsed we might adjusted approach taken realistic assessment whether leadership dynamics achieve breakthrough negotiations said shaping the united states said aware efforts obama first term deep personal mistrust israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu palestinian president mahmoud abbas and fair question whether realistic beginning second term concerted effort could achieve appreciable different result shaping said the story refined drop extraneous word lead politicsnews