Epstein Secrets

or presiding over the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting -- arguably a bi er draw for global leaders each September than the opening of the . General Assembly across town. Although there was some love lost between Clinton and Obama during the tense 2008 primary, Secretary Clinton's husband has been an act

zziness. The symptoms quickly worsened and left him as thin as a rail. Finally, wearing a training outfit and a wool cap, Arafat was taken from the West Bank town of Ramallah to a military hospital near Paris, where he died on Nov. 11. Already then, many thought that the death seemed unnatural. During a

ab world will support it." Columnist Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times: "I can tell [the Palestinians] that having the UN EFTA00629506 General Assembly pass a resolution recognizing an independent Palestinian state will only rally Israelis around Netanyahu, giving him another excuse not to talk. May

ing him another excuse not to talk. May I suggest a Tahrir Square alternative? Announce that every Friday will be "Peace Day," and have thousands of West Bank Palestinians march nonviolently to Jerusalem, carrying two things, an olive branch in one hand and a sign in Hebrew and Arabic in the other. The si

aving the temerity to pursue their UN bid in September. Yet Israeli and Congressional hostility to the Palestinian charge at the UN is overdone. A General Assembly resolution without Security Council backing would change very little, legally or politically. Still, the Americans and the Europeans do not relish

lves in a perilous world of aggressive Islamist fanatics and complacent, confrontation-averse Western democracies. But nurturing settlements in the West Bank and maintaining an occupation in order to protect them is not the proper way to do it. Following that path will lead to disaster. Israel could bec

aving the temerity to pursue their UN bid in September. Yet Israeli and Congressional hostility to the Palestinian charge at the UN is overdone. A General Assembly resolution without Security Council backing would change very little, legally or politically. Still, the Americans and the Europeans do not relish

lves in a perilous world of aggressive Islamist fanatics and complacent, confrontation-averse Western democracies. But nurturing settlements in the West Bank and maintaining an occupation in order to protect them is not the proper way to do it. Following that path will lead to disaster. Israel could bec

its qualitative military edge, to fig=ting back against delegitimization of Israel, whether at the [UN] Human Rights Council, or in front of the UN=General Assembly, or during the Goldstone Report, or after the flare-up in=olving the flotilla -- the truth of the matter is that the relationship ha= functioned ver

and Israel calls an interim arrangement. Here, too, their perspectives col=ide, as Hamas's conception of a truce entails a full withdrawal from the=West Bank and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, steps Israel w=ll adamantly reject in a permanent or temporary agreement. Still, an 9 EFTA_R1_01

inia and elsewhere — have long enjoyed." -- In Virginia, Democratic lawmakers rushed to file bills as the legislative window opened for next year's General Assembly session, setting out voting rights, gun control, LGBTQ protections and the Equal Rights Amendment as priorities for their newfound majority. Grego

rs. Welcome to the Daily 202, PowerPost's morning briefing for decision-makers. Sign up to receive the newsletter. Pompeo: Israeli settlements in West Bank do not violate international law THE NEW WORLD ORDER: -- Mike Pompeo declared that Israel's West Bank settlements do not violate international law

inia and elsewhere — have long enjoyed." -- In Virginia, Democratic lawmakers rushed to file bills as the legislative window opened for next year's General Assembly session, setting out voting rights, gun control, LGBTQ protections and the Equal Rights Amendment as priorities for their newfound majority. Gregor

rs. Welcome to the Daily 202, PowerPost's morning briefing for decision-makers. Sign up to receive the newsletter. Pompeo: Israeli settlements in West Bank do not violate international law THE NEW WORLD ORDER: -- Mike Pompeo declared that Israel's West Bank settlements do not violate international law

he General Assembly convenes, they have remained vague about their exact plans, and have refused to say exactly what a U.N. membership application or General Assembly resolution might say. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, discussed with The

lso, [for all practical purposes] we are already at the U.N. It's there.... And all those who support the 1967 lines [the border before Israel seized the West Bank during that year's Middle East War] with mutually agreed swap [of land] should support our endeavor. The Obama administration doesn't support your b

but of the nature of a Palestinian state under current circumstances. The Palestinians are split into two major factions. The first, Fatah, dominates the West Bank. Fatah derives its ideology from the older, secular Pan-Arab movement. Historically, Fatah saw the Palestinians as a state within the Arab nation. Th

uld undermine Fatah, possibly pushing Fatah to align with Hamas. Having the U.N. vote take place while Gaza is at war, a vote possibly accompanied by General Assembly condemnation of Israel, could redefine the region. Last week's attack on the Eilat road should be understood in this context. Some are hypothesizing