How the Bush Administration Pursues Peace
Ha’aretz reports today on the latest leaks about the potential for Syrian-Israeli talks, and then hoses down the sparks of hopes with these paragraphs: Following contacts between Israel and Syria,...
View ArticleThe Roadblock to Damascus Lies on Pennsylvania Avenue
Eyal Zisser, a top Israeli expert on Syria, says that Ehud Olmert and Bashar al-Assad appear serious about talking peace. The latest sign is Asad’s comment to the Qatari daily al-Watan Olmert has given...
View ArticleObama. What’s Complicated Here?
Gershom Gorenberg Dan Kurtzer, the former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and an Orthodox Jew, is in Jerusalem for the 60th anniversary celebrations. This morning my wife heard him being interviewed on...
View ArticleUpdate: Bush and Lebanon; Obama, Israel and Islam
As I mentioned earlier , the Bush administration’s obstruction of peace talks between Israel and Syria has helped Hezbollah and Iran push for control of Lebanon. My new piece on the subject is now up...
View ArticleThe Bush Doctrine: No Peace. (And What’s the McCain Doctrine?)
As Laura Rozen points out , George W. Bush wasn’t just attacking Barack Obama in his Knesset speech dismissing negotiations with “terrorists and radicals” as appeasement. He was also attacking his...
View ArticleGolan On The Table, Gaza In The Sights
In the past, when the press has reported that Israel’s leaders were talking to Syria about returning the Golan Heights for peace, I was skeptical. First Yitzhak Rabin, then Binyamin Netanyahu, then...
View ArticleHow the Bush Administration Pursues Peace
Ha’aretz reports today on the latest leaks about the potential for Syrian-Israeli talks, and then hoses down the sparks of hopes with these paragraphs: Following contacts between Israel and Syria,...
View ArticleThe Roadblock to Damascus Lies on Pennsylvania Avenue
Eyal Zisser, a top Israeli expert on Syria, says that Ehud Olmert and Bashar al-Assad appear serious about talking peace. The latest sign is Asad’s comment to the Qatari daily al-Watan Olmert has given...
View ArticleObama. What’s Complicated Here?
Gershom Gorenberg Dan Kurtzer, the former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and an Orthodox Jew, is in Jerusalem for the 60th anniversary celebrations. This morning my wife heard him being interviewed on...
View ArticleUpdate: Bush and Lebanon; Obama, Israel and Islam
As I mentioned earlier , the Bush administration’s obstruction of peace talks between Israel and Syria has helped Hezbollah and Iran push for control of Lebanon. My new piece on the subject is now up...
View ArticleThe Bush Doctrine: No Peace. (And What’s the McCain Doctrine?)
As Laura Rozen points out , George W. Bush wasn’t just attacking Barack Obama in his Knesset speech dismissing negotiations with “terrorists and radicals” as appeasement. He was also attacking his...
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