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Tag Archives: peace
The Palestinian leadership hard decisions to make
Reports were talking lately about the President Mahmoud Abbas will to go to Gaza in the next weeks to declare a unity government with Hamas. Not only that but Azam ElAhmad who is a member of the Central Council of Fatah movement also stated in an interview with MA’AN news agency that there are several steps which will affect directly the nature of the relation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
The Peace Process: One small lesson from History
By: P John
It was the German philosopher Hegel who pointed out that what experience and history teach is that ‘nations and governments never learn anything from history or act upon any lessons they might have drawn from it’. Two centuries on from Hegel’s remarks, it may be worth asking if history can teach us anything as far as the core issues facing the Middle East are concerned. Well, here’s one chapter from the history books which should concentrate the minds of today.
Peace Process? What Peace Process?
By: P. John
Let’s get straight to the point.
Whatever the euphoria surrounding the recent prisoner exchange and Gadaffi’s death, the Middle East Peace Process is still out there and nothing is happening. Indeed if international pressure forces the two sides back to the negotiating table, with the same cast of characters and no new ideas, the whole peace process could find itself completely dead and buried.
Why a Palestinian State at September?
A lot of discussions are taking place these days between the Palestinians about the Palestinian state that the PLO wants to ask for at September from the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
Many do not understand what are the outcomes of such an International recognition of a Palestinian state while others argue about the 1967 borders that this possible recognition will take as the borders of the Palestinian state. I read a lot of what the young Palestinians have been writing and listen to many talking about their frustration.
Israel builds settlements in the West Bank, the PLO is preparing for September declaration and a possible Israeli Iranian confrontation in a couple of months
The Israeli Ministry of Housing and Construction opened a new project to build 6,900 new units in the settlements of the West Bank. Betar Eleet, Kerni Shomron are from the settlements that the building will take place at. The new units will be built in the 1967 occupied lands and are considered illegal and an obstacle in the way to reach any peace talks.
The Israeli government action came after a wide campaign was started inside Israel against the high prices of houses inside Israel. The Israeli minister Etias is trying to mind a real crisis by offering to build new settlements units that will affect on the pricing of houses in Israel. Until the moment, there was
Netanyahu’s Government Laws: Pure Fascism
It seems that the current Israeli government is obsessed to pass as much laws as possible until everything is controlled and no act is allowed to protest against the Israeli right projects. The Knesset passed a new law called “The Boycott Law” that punishes anyone or organization that calls for a boycott on Israel or the settlements.
Israel Prime Minister declared today without any hesitation that he supported the law and wanted it to pass. According to him, Netanyahu sees in the new law as a line that is drawn between what is acceptable and what is not. Netanyahu’s prejudice made him say that if he didn’t approve the law it would
TOP 4.25 ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN MYTHS (PEACE TALKS VERSION)
Your myth may be my truth (and vice versa), but then that’s the essence of the Israeli and Palestinian saga, so let’s plunge into the certitude abyss. Today’s [singlepic id=557 w=320 h=240 float=right]top 4.25 myths (and maybe your 4.25 truths) include my personal top three and 1.25 others courtesy of various emailers.
Some emailers (and one old-fashioned pen on paper geezer) have been kind enough to maintain issue consistency in their disagreement(s) with my previous articles; however, the ones who have been more pedantic have tended to be more entertaining and descriptive in trying to teach me the past, present and future. However, please allow me to suggest that if “self-hating” is the best you can do to describe your disagreement, you need to ”google” Mort Klein or go to his ZOA site so you can borrow his more reliably histrionic material.
Netanyahu’s speech…Good Language but no Content
Prime Minister Netanyahu made a speech that got high rating in the television networks in the last week. Netanyahu came back home while thinking that [singlepic id=544 w=320 h=240 float=right]he made a great diplomatic achievement. His face showed expressions as if he finally found a solution for the long period of criticism against the current Israeli government.
The uniqueness in his speech is the ability and skill Netanyahu had in separating the Arab revolutionary movement to make a change in the Arab world from the Palestinians demand to end the Israeli occupation. Netanyahu talked about the Arabs movement in Egypt and Tunisia and compared it to the
