It might consider constructive dialogue, peace negotiations and acceptance of Palestinian rights and aspirations.
In doing so, the president created the right balance between calling on both parties to take constructive steps for peace, while still recognizing the special role that Israel alone has taken to achieve peace.
Most important, any constructive step toward peace and statehood for the Palestinians must focus on the imperative for the Palestinians to accept Israel as a Jewish state and to agree to the end of the conflict.
He proposed harnessing the religious impulses that until now had driven groups apart, and noted that religion "can also be a constructive force in peace-building".
Tamils internationally are poised to play a constructive role in establishing peace.
It is playing a constructive role in the peace process between Colombia's government and the FARC guerrillas.
In Gaza, where Hamas shuts down social media conferences, represses women, tortures dissidents and arrests journalists, there is scant hope for constructive steps toward regional peace.
"In 1992, it meant the end of Communism, and that the United States needed to play a constructive role in forging peace and security, and we still have that role to play.
Declassified White House papers show that, as early as 1970, State Department officials told Nixon that the Palestinians "cannot be ignored" and argued that they could become "constructive partners in a peace settlement".
