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Israel’s Predicament at 60
Two religiously-identified new states emerged from the shards of the British empire in the aftermath of World War II. Israel, of course, was one; the other was Pakistan.
They make an interesting, if little-compared pair....
Carter’s Great Gaffe: Hamas Will Recognize Israel?
In what will assuredly be seen as one of the greater gaffes of his career, former president Jimmy Carter dramatically reassured a packed crowd of diplomats and reporters this week that Hamas would now...
Incisive News Diary
Posting: May 5, 2008
"Who Knows?"
Who knows how this latest potential scandal with Olmert will play out...
In spite of the fact that police are arguing that the investigation and its legal implications takes precedence over...
On the eve of the Pa. primary,The Philadelphia Bulletin interviews Obama’s Middle East Advisors
During the week before the Pennsylvania primary, I met with Sen. Barack Obama's middle east advisers in Washington, Howard Guttman and former Californian Congressman Mel Levine, along with another Obama Middle East aide who...
A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting
Posting: April 17, 2008
"Carter's Destruction"
Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...
20 Middle East Policy Questions to Ask Candidates Running for Public of Office in...
I have spent the past week covering Middle East policy issues during the presidential primaries in Pennsylvania, in my capacity as the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin.
I find that people hesitate about...
Deplorable Diplomacy and Duplicitous Diplomats
Well, it was unlikely that Rice, who was just here, would have readily walked away without further concessions from Israel for the sake of the "peace process." Some concessions, of some sort, from our...
“Tension in the North”
Posting: April 2, 2008
"Tension in the North"
A report by a 'top military intelligence officer" to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday included a warning that Hezbollah is getting ready for new violence...
Incisive Commentary from Jerusalem
Posting: March 24, 2008
"Fatah and Hamas"
Well, here we are in the midst of an ever-changing scenario that has yet to play itself out.
Officially, neither the US nor Israel has comment on the agreement signed...
Abbas and the ‘Armed Struggle’
On February 28, the Jordanian daily al-Dustur released an interview with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. It included the following:
"At this present juncture, I am opposed to the armed struggle because we can't succeed...
