A quiet and orderly Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip is the worst case scenario for the Hamas. On the surface the Hamas needs the continuing Israeli entanglement in Gaza to justify its never ending katuysha and mortar attacks against Israeli settlements both in the Strip and the western Negev. Of greater significance is the desire to scuttle PM Ariel Sharon's Disengagement and the two-state solution.
May
Denying the Holocaust
Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, sixty years after the liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny and genocide, we reflect on the murder of six million Jews at the hands of Hitler’s Germany and its all-too-many allies. Arab Rulers and Promises
reprinted from www.washingtontimes.com A year ago last month, in Egypt, a group of more than 100 Arab scholars, ambassadors and political leaders signed the "Alexandria Declaration," an ambitious agenda for political, economic, legislative and institutional change designed to help Arab societies move "towards building concrete and genuine democratic systems." In the 13 months since the declaration was signed, the world has witnessed successful elections in Iraq, widespread pro-democracy demonstrations in Lebanon, municipal elections in Saudi Arabia and constitutional reform in Egypt. (The latter two are widely viewed as transparent attempts to alleviate U.S. criticism.) |
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