He writes: “If there were only one phrase I could ban from State’s lexicon, it would be ‘carrots and sticks.’ which is too often a substitute for strategic thinking.”

the US president has taken it upon himself to decide that the issues aired and left pending will henceforth be deemed by the US presidency closed between the parties.

The first attack on the Twin Towers was not the first attack of Al Qaeda in American territory. The first attack occurred in 1990, and was the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York.

According to Andrew, “the “fundamental casus belli” was “WMDS” and this causus belli turned out to be “false.” Put this way, the statement is neither true nor false. It is vacuous.

President Bush’s speech to the Knesset on the occasion of Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebration.

Distinguished guests, I really appreciate your warm welcome. And we are thrilled to be here with one of America’s closest friends. Laura and I are honored to represent the American people on the 60th anniversary of your independence. Happy birthday.

Militants complain they don’t have enough money to cover their bills
Posted: March 23, 2008, WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Just days after it was announced the U.S. would transfer $150 million directly to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ government, members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, the declared military wing of Abbas’ Fatah party, were told [...]

By Ted Belman, in Israpundit
(Image from Vanity Fair)
Israel should release most of the 10,000 Palestinian prisoners held by them as part of a plan. I say most because the worst ones, I.e. those with “blood on their hands”, must be kept to make a point, namely, that murderers must be held accountable.
So what’s the plan? [...]

The articles below shed more light on the political meaning of the Yeshivat Harav murders. The murder was carried out by an Israeli Arab of Jerusalem, and arranged through Iran, Syria, Hizbulla and Hamas in Syria. Simultaneously Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, the Shomron and Judea have greatly increased their attacks on Israeli [...]

CAMERA Feb. 2, 2008
Robert Malley is one of the most often quoted commentators on U.S. Middle East policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict, thanks mostly to his time in the Clinton administration, where he served on the National Security Council as Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, and also as Special Assistant to the [...]

January 10, 2008
President Bush Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
King David Hotel
Jerusalem
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080110-3.html
5:27 P.M. (LOCAL)
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I’d like to, first, thank Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas for their hospitality during my trip here to the Holy Land. We had very good meetings, and now is the time to make difficult choices. I underscored to both [...]