Advertisements DC theater at its best. That’s what we had today as the much-anticipated photo-op meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place. Both parties got what they wanted. Obama had a warm press conference with Bibi, sending the message that American-Israeli relations areContinue Reading
Advertisements Americans for Peace Now sent a letter to President Obama today, urgently pointing out what should be obvious to him: “Engage NOW to get Jerusalem under control.” The full text of the letter can be found here. The letter lays out the problem clearly enough. And, indeed, the solutionContinue Reading
Advertisements In the 21st century, Congress has demonstrated both incompetence in handling its limited responsibility in foreign policy, and how disastrous it is when it oversteps its bounds and tries to get more involved in foreign affairs than it should. Outside of those working actively in foreign policy, it stillContinue Reading
Advertisements The political mudslinging between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni over the failure of Israel’s siege of Gaza would be amusing if it were not so disturbing. The exchange basically comes down to Bibi saying that he inherited the Gaza siege from the previous governmentContinue Reading
Advertisements Few events are as badly misunderstood as the 2006 election that brought a stunning victory for Hamas. The factors that led to that electoral victory were: The perception that Fatah had failed utterly to make any significant gains for the Palestinian people The widespread corruption that was the normContinue Reading
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