Mitchell’s Inevitable Resignation admin, May 16, 2011September 1, 2024 Truthout May 16, 2011. Also in Huffington Post and ZNetwork At age 77, George Mitchell’s resignation as President Barack Obama’s envoy on Arab-Israeli affairs may have indeed been for personal reasons, as he claimed. More likely, however, it came out of frustration at the Obama administration’s failure to pressure the right-wing Israeli government to make the necessary compromises for peace… Obama Foreign Policy Truthout George Mitchell