Focus on West Bank, Not Negotiating

... the Obama administration is putting too much emphasis on "negotiations." He says, "The tragedy here is that this focus on the negotiating table has led the United States to continue, as we did in the Bush administration, to put much too much emphasis on negotiations and too little emphasis on the actual daily work of building a Palestinian state in the West Bank." Abrams says he would like an emphasis on bolstering the legal system and economy in the ... Full Story »

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James Canning
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by James Canning - Mar. 9, 2010

Elliott Abrams, a leading neocon who did a great deal to bring on the catastrophe in Iraq, argues in favor of avoiding negotiations (for Israel/Palestine solution), and pushes for "state-building". Abrams claims Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah (and Iran) are the problems preventing a solution.

I regard Abrams as one of the greatest fools to wield substantial power formulating UDS policy in the Middle East. Abrams blocked a Syrian peace deal with Israel, during the Bush administration. Abrams seems incapable of grasping the fact Israel must get out of the Golan Heights and the entire West Bank. Period.

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