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The Number One Paradox of the Middle East
Israel Matzav —
... Barry Rubin explains the Number One Paradox of the Middle East. At the center of this stands the Number One Paradox of the issue, in some ways of all Middle Eastern politics: Why is it that although the Palestinians complain that they are suffering from a horrible occupation and not having a state of their own they are not in any hurry to make a peace agreement, end the “occupation,” and get a state. The main answer is that the dominant Palestinian view is still the desire to win a total victory and wipe Israel off the map. The back-up stance is that any peace agreement must ...
Taking the smart out of smart diplomacy
Yourish.com —
... of an article Wilson writes:
Obama also has spoken candidly to Israel’s government, calling its West Bank settlements “illegitimate” while asking Arab nations to make a series of diplomatic and economic gestures toward the Jewish state. His call for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to freeze settlement construction — a Palestinian condition for opening peace talks — has so far been ignored.
This inaccurate. Barry Rubin writes:
In fact, at the time it signed the original peace ...
The Palestinians turn on Obama
Yourish.com —
... There’s a lesson in unintended consequences there. Barry Rubin says that Netanyahu has given Hillary Clinton more than Israel has ever offered regarding the cessation of settlements, but it’s still not enough for the Palestinians—and now ...
“Slap in the face”
Yourish.com —
Meryl noticed this yesterday. (See the end of the post.)
Barry Rubin summarized the administration’s efforts in the Middle East like this:
The president of the United States has said that he wants talks resumed immediately and believes it possible to make a breakthrough. The Palestinian leadership is thwarting him on both points. In other words, they are responsible for the failure of a major U.S. policy.
So when the administration, specifically, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton points this out and it brings howls ...
