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The negative interaction between the prioritization of anti-terrorism and the marginalization of the peace process forms a heavy heritage of Bush Administration’s Middle East policy. Therefore, the Obama Administration now is confronted with a very serious test: how to establish and maintain compatible and balanced relations between peace and anti-terrorism. On the grand strategic level， the key point is whether America can reshape the regional strategic environment of the Middle East or not. Specifically speaking, the possibility of furthering the Middle East peace process is determined by the following items: the US can or can’t change the strategic rigidity of its Middle East policy favorable to Israel, adopt some effective measures to make Hamas integrated into the Middle East peace process, and improve its relations with Syria and convert Syria into a constructive role in the Middle East peace process and regional security. On the issue of anti-terrorism, the compatibility between anti-terrorism and peace can be achieved only if the Obama Administration could take overall adjustment on the past anti-terrorism strategy of US, guarantee that the situation of Iraq will not deteriorate, and resolve the Iranian issue in a peaceful manner, so as to avoid being bogged down into endless warfare