Word: statehood
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...sides talking at a lower level in the hope of generating some momentum. Abrams welcomes that approach, as long as it's tied to expanded efforts to improve Palestinian economic life and freedom of movement on the West Bank, and helping the emergence of the infrastructure of statehood. "I don't think a Palestinian state is going to be created at a conference table; it will be created on the ground in the West Bank, and some day, a peace conference will ratify that which has been built on the ground," the former Bush Administration official says...
...leaders of Abbas' own Fatah movement are now privately talking about going back to the barricades. A split has emerged between Abbas and a younger generation of Fatah commanders who have lost patience with his faith in a U.S.-led peace process that has left them no closer to statehood than they were a decade ago. There are daily confrontations between the old guard and the new guard, says Hassan Bakir, chairman of the Palestinian Center for Research and Documentation in Beirut. They are tired of listening to Abbas, who hasn't lived up to his promises. The new guard...
...this all-too-plausible scenario, DC would see its authority usurped—albeit legitimately. For this reason, the Constitution should be amended to rectify the problem of DC’s lack of representation, whether by granting the nation’s capitol statehood or by abolishing the current rules granting Congress the authority to veto DC’s laws. In the meantime, however, Congress should stay on the sidelines and let the progress of equal rights continue unimpeded in Washington...
...Iranian regime that was worried in the weeks leading up to what in Iran is known as Qods Day - the annual day of government-sanctioned rallies supporting Palestinian statehood that take place in most cities in Iran. All public events surrounding the Islamic month of Ramadan, which historically have provided opportunities for Iranian politicians from across the ideological spectrum to speak their minds, were either shut down or scaled back. Former President Mohammed Khatami was scheduled to speak alongside Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson at Khomeini's shrine two weeks ago, but the occasion was canceled. Former President Ali Akbar...
...Arab citizens of Israel to take a loyalty oath and disavow Hamas, which fires rockets on Israel and pledges to destroy the Jewish state [July 13]. Hamas consistently liquidates Palestinian moderates who would coexist with Israel. And Lieberman is the obstacle to peace? In 60-plus years of Israeli statehood, there has yet to be a serious Palestinian negotiator who wants to "share the neighborhood." Until there is, let's stop the disingenuous Israel-bashing. Rubin Guttman, CLEVELAND...