"...
Perhaps the President and Secretary of State are having some doubts about Ross? I have some doubts myself. After leaving the Clinton administration, where Ross was widely criticized in the Arab world for being too tight with the Israeli side during the Camp David process, Ross went to the Washington Institute for Middle East Policy, a pretty neoconnish outfit. More recently, he was a member of a task force that recently released a
report on Iran policy whose lead author was the very neoconnish Michael Rubin. The report’s basic point of view was that talks with Iran are fine and well,
but the basic point of holding such talks would be to garner more support for military action
—not to actually produce a breakthrough..."
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Doesnt matter, Obama listed the conditions of Mitchells remit. Talk to Abbas and the Israelis only.
I wonder, would he as famous if Clinton had sent him to N.Ireland and said talk to the UDF and the UK government only?
I don't think it's likely that the United States will open dialogue with Hamas, but it looks other countries may start doing so. My hope is that the Obama administration will stop (1) pressuring other players (i.e. the EU & the UN) to isolate Hamas (2) and stop trying to thwart any international reconcilation between Hamas & Fatah. Maybe I'm just too optimistic...
AIPAC rules only Peter. Arab resistance must be punished always
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