Iran Already Trying To Find That "Steel" In Obama's Spine
Maybe I’m a pessimist, but it seems the future President is already looking at a threat…2 months before entering office (click for article)
Bush Still Hoping For Israel-Palestinian Peace In His Legacy
For months, President Bush has been saying a peace deal is possible before he leaves office in January.
But now, his comments are more measured. With a transition of power underway in Israel and time running out for major concessions, Mr. Bush is saying only that he is hopeful.
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You set out to be the President [...]
Gilad Shalit: Person or Pawn?
Report: Israel persuaded not to include Shalit in truce dealBy Ali Waked
Arab media reports Egyptian intelligence chief succeeds in securing Israeli compromise over demand conditioning ceasefire agreement on release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Hamas delegation heads to Cairo later on Saturday to hear Jerusalem’s response through mediators
Article Continues… (Yediot Ahronot)
As much as I’d like [...]
Obama may have lost Hamas' endorsement
However, I think the bigger question is: does this upset him at all? I mean, Hamas was probably on his list of people to sit down and talk with!
See also: Arabs shocked by Obama speech (Al Jazeera)
Barack Obama: Useful Idiot
So, I found the link to this article over at Mere Rhetoric. The part in question:
Obama has an astonishingly empty paper trail. He’s going around issuing promissory notes on the future that he can’t possibly redeem. Promises to heal the world with negotiations with the likes of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Promises to transcend [...]
John Bolton on The Daily Show
Do they still take write-in candidates in Presidential elections?
Bush delivers major arms sale on visit to Saudi Arabia
US President George W. Bush, on his first visit to this oil-rich kingdom, delivered a major arms sale Monday to a key ally in a region where the US casts neighboring Iran as a menace to stability.
Full Article (Jerusalem Post)
Why do I think this will bite him in the rear?
Israel, the hope of the Muslim world
By Spengler
The state of Israel embodies the last, best chance for the Islamic world to come to terms with the modern world. Received wisdom in the foreign ministries of the West holds that relations with Muslims would be ever so much easier without the annoying presence of the Jewish state, which humiliates the Muslim [...]
Palestinian, Israeli Religious Leaders Launch New Effort to Resolve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Mohamed Elshinnawi
An independent group of Palestinian and Israeli religious leaders, meeting in Washington, has launched an initiative to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The group says it hopes to counter extremism by facilitating dialogue among the region’s moderate voices. Speaking Wednesday at a Washington news conference, members of the group, called the Council [...]
Dichter: Not the time for permanent agreement with Palestinians
“Now is not the time to discuss a permanent agreement with the Palestinians,” Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said Saturday at the opening of an international terror conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
“After the (Hamas takeover) in Gaza, it’s inappropriate to talk of a permanent agreement. The basic precondition for talks on a [...]
