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ational Security Council meeting, arguing that Washington has given Israel everything it wanted and gotten nothing in return. Special Mideast envoy George Mitchell wisely counsels against doing anything that will fail, once again. The former senator is keenly aware that the consequences of failure are loss of

nothing in return. Special Mideast envoy George Mitchell wisely counsels against doing anything that will

has very little to say in the face of the images of brutality coming out of Syria and Libya. In the meantime no one in the party is openly accusing Gadhafi or Assad of murdering their citizens. As for the tone of the occasional criticism coming out of Ankara, as was the case the other day, of the Gadha

were too concerned about the environment to burn Benjamin Netanyahu in effigy. It's that their targets were Hosni Mubarak, Zine el Abidine Ben-Ali, Moammar Gadhafi and the others— no stooges of Zionism they. In Benghazi, the slogan was: "America is our friend!" The men and women of the Arab Spring are not risk

icle 3. The Daily Star A democratic Arab world would welcome peace with Israel Hamid Alkifaey The Daily Beast The Awkward Exit of Mideast Envoy George Mitchell Daniel Stone Article 4. The Washington Post Amid the Arab Spring, a U.S.-Saudi split Nawaf Obaid Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Newsweek D

- Two days after Barack Obama's inauguration, George Mitchell was named special envoy for Middle East peace. With the new president standing beside Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden took the podium and extolled Mitchell's reputation and experience having brokered

a joined the calls of the U.S.-led coalition of the willing that time is up for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and for peace and safety of his own people Gadhafi must step down, as regards to Syria Ankara, as well as the Western alliance, has been restraining their calls with a shy request from Assad to acc

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well occasionally makes some correct analysis. Last week, while comparing the uprising in Libya against the Moammar Gadhafi regime and the growing unrest in the Syrian street against the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad, the prime minister correctly said Libya and Syri

Bob Corker told Politico last week. In late May, Mitch McConnell, an architect of the G.O.P. strategy o

tion. By declaring that a freeze on construction in settlements and in Jerusalem was a prerequisite for negotiations, Obama and his envoys (led by George Mitchell) cornered Abbas -- how could he appear less "Palestinian" than the Americans? But the breakdown of negotiations presented Abbas with another probl

f State Bill Burns will in all likelihood leave when a new secretary of state is appointed or a few months later. In January 2009, Obama appointed Mitchell as special Middle East envoy on his second day in office. That kind of priority will not be assigned to the "peace process" in January 2013 -- no

istance to foreign intervention to a surprising abstention on the March 2011 U.N. Security Council vote on Resolution 1973, which aimed to halt the Gadhafi regime's onslaught on rebel groups in Libya. Then in February 2012 E FTA_R1_02204199 EFTA02720670 China backtracked to its usual principle of no

ssing of thresholds. It has, however, been preoccupied with the Arab Spring and has not focused on this issue, perhaps precipitating former senator George Mitchell's departure as envoy. The new Palestinian configuration further hamstrings our position. A speech by President Obama this Thursday, focusing on the M

sue, perhaps precipitating former senator George Mitchell's departure as envoy. The new Palestinian config

rticle 5. The Weekly Standard How Did this Nakba Day Differ from All Other Nakba Days? Elliott Abrams Article 6. Article 7. Wall Street Journal Gadhafi And The Vanished Imam Fouad Ajami The National Interest Another Revolution Betrayed Walter Laqueur EFTA00586633 NYT The Long Overdue Palestin

, but a measure of justice has been served. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, for his favorite son Saif al-Islam, and for the head of the regime's security apparatus. They stand accused of "crimes against humanity" for targ

EFTA00700211 important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one- term president." And that's how he and his party acted. Well, Mitch, how's that workin' out for ya? No one can know for sure what complex emotional chemistry tipped this election Obama's way, but here's my guess: In

ibya and Syria In my view, the last gasp of this strategy was Libya. The intervention there was poorly thought out: The consequences of the fall of Moammar Gadhafi were not planned for, and it was never clear why the future of Libya mattered to the United States. The situation in Libya was out of control long

tico (12/15, O'Brien), NBC News (12/15, Richards), Fox News (12/15, Laco), Bloomberg (12/15, Tiron), Forbes (12/15, Dorn), The Hill (12/15, Bolton, Mitchell) and the Washington Examiner (12/15, Brest). House Passes Bill That Could Pave the Way for Puerto Rican Statehood The Associated Press (12/15, Amir

ence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the Lockerbie attack, and according to an FBI affidavit, Mas'ud said the attack was ordered by Gadhafi's intelligence services. INSIDER (12,15 Frias) also reported on the story. Woman Admits to Unwittingly Funding Effort to Kidnap Iranian Dissident T

lican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Sen. Mark Kirk (the Republican co-spo

xample of the old policy is Libya, where the United States directly intervened with air power and special operations forces on the ground to unseat Moammar Gadhafi. Western efforts to replace him with a regime favorable to the United States and its allies have not succeeded. The new strategy can be seen in Syr