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...former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn's appointment by the international community to help lay the economic foundations of Palestinian statehood was an expression of optimism in the prospects for peace following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last year, then his resignation last Sunday should sound an alarm. Trained as a banker rather than a diplomat, former World Bank chief Wolfensohn didn't mince words about his reasons for stepping down. He said the current U.S.-Israeli financial blockade of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority looks set to destroy the administrative institutions on which a two-state solution would...
...Israeli government seated on Thursday has made clear that it plans to redraw the borders between Israel and the Palestinians on its own terms, insisting that it will not negotiate with a Palestinian government led by Hamas. But Wolfensohn is warning that the current siege of the West Bank and Gaza makes it increasingly unlikely that what will emerge on the Palestinian side of Israel's new border wall will be a viable state...
Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. urged Palestinians to cooperate with his nation and work toward establishing definite borders between separate Palestinian and Israeli states in a speech yesterday. Ambassador Daniel Ayalon addressed a full crowd at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night, laying out Israel’s greatest challenges and opportunities for the future, including the threat Hamas poses, the need to cooperate with Palestinians, and the necessity of ending violence in Israel. “We can’t talk and kill each other at the same time...
...Laden's statement sought to portray him as a champion of the Palestinians against a Western "crusade" and, in passing, castigated Hamas for its decision to enter the Palestinian parliament and other Arab or Islamist moderates for even considering dialogue with the West. Hamas responded by saying that while Bin Laden was entitled to his own opinions (the implication being that in the case of the Palestinians he should keep them to himself), "We are interested in good relations with the West and we call on the Western countries to reconsider their stance towards the Palestinian cause and the Muslim...
...occurred in March when al-Qaeda's Number 2, Ayman Zawahiri, released his own tape criticizing Hamas's decision to enter politics and warning it never to make peace with Israel. That time, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal responded that Hamas had its own vision and always acted in the Palestinian national interest - it didn't need al Qaeda's advice. Zawahiri had also criticized the dominant Islamist group of his home country - the Muslim Brotherhood - for its participation in Egypt's recent elections...