Epstein Secrets

Threshold of State" An independent Palestinian state came closer to fruition in Brussels on Wednesday when representatives of donor nations deemed the Palestinian Authority to be "above the threshold of a functioning state: The declaration was made by the session's chairman, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gare Stor.

forced to relinquish his post if an indictment is handed down. It is not clear what the effect would be on the Netanyahu government, but his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, is the largest coalition partner and the nation's third-largest party, so if the party leaves the government along with Lieberman, new elections

. I doubted that even Arafat would have been ready to do so. But relations had only worsened, since his death in 2004, between the Fatah old guard in the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank and the Hamas overlords in Gaza. I doubted very much that Abu Mazen would want to get involved. I did send an aide to see him to ask

o any Palestinian state — had become the 21*-century equivalent of the kibbutz avant-garde of a half-century earlier. The rise of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party was the latest sign, alongside a move rightward within the Likud itself. For Bibi to say yes to a settlement freeze would mean putting aside hi

. I doubted that even Arafat would have been ready to do so. But relations had only worsened, since his death in 2004, between the Fatah old guard in the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank and the Hamas overlords in Gaza. I doubted very much that Abu Mazen would want to get involved. I did send an aide to see him to ask

o any Palestinian state - had become the 21"-century equivalent of the kibbutz avant-garde of a half-century earlier. The rise of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party was the latest sign, alongside a move rightward within the Likud itself. For Bibi to say yes to a settlement freeze would mean putting aside hi