ISRAEL’S GAZA INVASION AND OBAMA’S ONE AND ONE-HALF STATE SOLUTION

Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip and its drive to decapitate HAMAS came
as no surprise to the incoming Obama administration. After extensive
preparation the offensive launched during George Bush’s final days is
calculated to give Israel a one month window to decapitate HAMAS and
destroy enough of its military infrastructure to change the political
facts on the ground. What [...]

January 6th, 2009 | Category: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Hamas, Israel, Palestinians | Leave a comment

More Desperation From McCain-Palin

Instead of telling us what they would do in the White House to improve the lives of Americans, the McCain-Palin dynamic duo spent another day (thankfully there are only six days left of this neverending nightmare) telling Americans what a dangerous and bad person Barack Obama is because in 2003 he attended a party for [...]

October 29th, 2008 | Category: 2008, Barack Obama, Iran, Iraq, John McCain, Palestinians, Rashid Khalidi, Republicans, Sarah Palin | 6 comments

Condi On Arab-Israeli Conflict

“We have believed that it will be important for the regional states, the Arab states to do everything possible to encourage the process and that, yes, there should be efforts to reach out to the Israelis as this process goes forward. Diplomatic relations of course is another matter and undoubtedly down the road. But [...]

January 15th, 2008 | Category: Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Policy, Israel, Palestinians | One comment

Bush Forgets That Democracy Gave Hamas Power

“I am confident that the status quo is unacceptable, Mr. President, and we want to help you. The question is whether or not hard issues can be resolved and the vision emerges, so that the choice is clear amongst the Palestinians. The choice being, `Do you want this state? Or do you want the [...]

January 10th, 2008 | Category: Democracy, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Palestinians | Leave a comment