Epstein Secrets

r." EFTA00147501 NYTimes Analysis: West Bank Calm Rooted In Despair, Not Optimism. The New York Times (7/8, Kershner, 18.61M) reports that though the West Bank has become calmer in recent months, for many Palestinians there "the lull in grass-roots protests has less to do with economic optimism than despai

ntable over allegations of inappropriate behavior." According to the Times, "Though Admiral Moran did not mention him by name in the statement, two Defense Department officials identified the unnamed subordinate as Cmdr. Chris Servello, a former Navy public affairs officer who was accused of harassing female coll

Unless we preserve at least the potential of a two-state solution, the one-state reality that would emerge in its place won't just blow up Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; it could very well blow up the Democratic Party and every Jewish organization and synagogue in America." It is "vital," Friedman writes, t

they would have more time" to resolve. "The Pentagon still has not determined how it will combat terrorist threats like Al Qaeda. ... Nor have top Defense Department officials secured agreement from allies about repositioning American troops in other nearby countries. And administration officials are still grappl

rwhelming support. The United States is expected to block the move in the Security Council -- and, of course, Israel will not alter its policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip because of a U.N. resolution. Now, with the Palestinian dream of statehood stymied at every turn, a new generation of activists are

rategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the US Army, Defense Department, or the U.S. Government. By June 2011, the Arab revolutions had evolved into a series of disconnected but increasingly violent civil wars—particula

ony Blair. But it is perhaps the opinion of Palestinian citizens themselves that is most telling. A community leader in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, once a center of conflict, compared the period before 2007, when "the camp was controlled by militias and thugs who partially financed their regi

n 2007, no U.S. funds were allocated to the mission. The USSC also answered to the more risk- averse and top-down State Department, rather than the Defense Department. Furthermore, falling under the State Department's control meant that the USSC was constrained by not one, but two, local "chief of mission" autho