Epstein Secrets

hich have helped lay the foundations for Palestinian statehood — and endorse the position articulated by the World Bank and the United Nations that the Palestinian Authority is "well positioned for the establishment of a state at any point in the near future." • Accordingly, support the establishment of an independent

iddle East these dictators remain the exception to the rule, and this is why quasi monarchies of the iron-fisted Assad or the crazed and tyrannical Qaddafi are now under assault. THE PLACE where benevolent autocracy has struck deep and has systematic roots is Asia. Any discussion of whether and how de

required to hold the state together. To be sure, Egypt's Mubarak and Tunisia's Ben Ali neither ran police states on the terrifying scale of Libya's Qaddafi and Syria's Assad nor stifled economic progress with such alacrity. But while Mubarak and Ben Ali left their countries in conditions suitable for t

t. Gaza grew from a lower starting point because of the economic blockade imposed by Israel after Hamas forcibly wrestled control of the area from the Palestinian Authority in 2007. The U.N. made a point of quoting a Bank of Israel report noting that because 58% of what is sold in the Palestinian territories is first

s border with Egypt believing that it's the direction from which more terror attacks will be coming. Wanted Dead of Alive: $1.6 Million Bounty on Qaddafi's Head A bounty of $1.6 million has been placed on the head of Libyan strongman Mu'amar Al-Qaddafi by the rebel-run National Council. Those who re

how the rulings will affect the newly elected parliament. Palestinians: Palestinian Authority President Abbas ordered an official name change from the Palestinian Authority to the "State of Palestine" on January 6th, the latest of several decisions to boost the standing of the Palestinian people following the UN vote o

January 6th comprising a national reconciliation conference and a new government. His appearance and tone on national television was reminiscent of Qaddafi's last ditch efforts at restoring order in war-torn Libya in the middle of 2011. Assad's rare appearance and proposal contrasted with the facts on t

the Israeli-Palestinian issue still offers a greater possibility for a consequential role. But that depends almost entirely on whether Israel and the Palestinian Authority come to own their negotiations and really want to get something done. That America's report card looks pretty good doesn't mean we should be happy

e ownership of that process in an inclusive manner and thereby make it self-sustaining. Ditto Libya, where President Obama removed Col. Muammar el- Qaddafi's top-down, iron-fisted regime, but he declined to put U.S. troops on the ground to midwife a new social contract. The result: Libya today is no mo

sional spasms of violence, one unsung initiative has been an unalloyed success: The mission of the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. This hodgepodge staff of military and civilian advisors, working together in the spirit of Lawrence's words, has trained more than 5,000 members

hrain. It was only Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's downfall that Saudi Arabia welcomed. Saudi-Syrian relations had been quite problematic under Qaddafi, who was once even accused of trying to assassinate Saudi King Abdullah. Turkey, of course, took the opposite tack, supporting all the uprisings,