Archive for November, 2007
Why the Annapolis summit now?
0 Comments Published by Paul D. Boyer November 29th, 2007 in Israel, Hamas, United States, Palestinians, Politics, Mahmoud Abbas, PeaceThe NY Time argues the Bush Administration has had a huge policy shift in the Middle East, seeking to facilitate peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, whereas previously the Administration has had a very hands off approach.
The story says,
At President Bush’s first National Security Council meeting in January 2001, he announced that he did […]
The Annapolis summit and Israel’s existence
0 Comments Published by Paul D. Boyer November 27th, 2007 in Israel, Hamas, United States, Politics, Borders, SyriaBernard Lewis highlights two very different set of issues for today’s Annapolis summit regarding what he terms “The Jewish Question.”
The first issue involves Israel and physical border disputes with her neighbors - something which can and should be worked on.
However, if the discussion consists of the existence of the state of Israel, then any negotiation […]
Who says we’re not progressing in Iraq?
0 Comments Published by Paul D. Boyer November 18th, 2007 in Sunni, Shiite, Iraq, Muslims, PeaceAnybody and I mean anybody who doesn’t think the surge is working or that we as Americans are not making progress in Iraq needs to read this post by Michael Yon (scroll to the bottom).
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any fighting. I can’t remember my last shootout: it’s been months. The nightmare […]
