Epstein Secrets

ands the danger emanating from across the pond. Slower growth and higher unemployment can only hurt his chances in an already very tight race with Mitt Romney. Most Americans are bored or baffled by Europe. Try explaining the latest news about Greek politics or Spanish banks, and their eyelids begin to d

ts that never get beyond the talking stage. Don't expect any initiatives out of the United States until after the presidential election either. If Romney is elected, he and his EFTA_R 1_02204154 EFTA02720625 new team will need time to get settled and will likely see Israeli- Palestinian negotiation

haron's stroke in early 2006 did not kill that plan, and indeed, Ehud Olmert ran and won on something like it when he succeeded Sharon as leader of Kadima. Olmert called it hitkansut -- translated as convergence, gathering, or rallying together. The idea was the same: pull back from isolated settleme

viously presented a peace plan that would result in the creation of a Palestinian state in 60 percent of the West Bank's land -- has won control of Kadima and joined the government, there has been some speculation about whether the "peace process" will soon be revived. It will not. There have been no

ut I'm not sure it would make a difference. For one thing, the Israelis don't know who will be president. And regardless of whether it is Obama or Romney, Barak said that Israelis could not take even an explicit, public US promise to attack on faith, irrespective of who the president is... He made cl

o mention that President Obama doesn't even know if he'll still be sitting in the Oval Office come spring. And if E FTA_R1_00298522 EFTA01884041 Mitt Romney is elected, history shows that presidents do not undertake dramatic operations in their first year in office unless forced to. So the problem here

Israeli issue of whether Orthodox Jews should be drafted. Rather than rising to the level of a strategic dialogue, the secularist constituency of Kadima confronted the religious constituencies of the Likud coalition and failed to create a government able to devise a platform for decisive action. Thi

-equity swap American Movil offers E8/shr cash to raise stake in KPN to as much as 28% = 23.5% EFTA00413694 premium Santorum officially endorses Romney ("we both agree that President Obama must be defeated") Fitch Ratings says that it will not comment on France's AAA rating before 2013 German Marc

ding +3.0%) (unch) coalition (private) Insurers #'s out: Swiss Life (-2.5%), Munich Re (-2.0%), Sampo (-0.60%), Hiscox Israeli opposition party Kadima signs an agreement to join PM Natanyahu's ruling Asahi Group will pay $1.5 billion for Calpis milk beverage maker from Ajinomoto Marubeni said to b