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tatus at the UN. As it is currently being framed, the resolution will include a clear definition of borders for the Palestinian state that includes the West Bank and Gaza. The UN resolution will provide Abbas with the diplomatic platform he needs to enter into negotiations with Israel, and give him room to d
hen he should have also been organizing an air campaign. That's what did the job in Bosnia, Kosovo and even Libya, where the objective was to oust Moammar Gaddafi and head off a bloodbath. It worked. Just keeping Assad's airplanes on the ground would have shown the Syrian military that it was saluting the wro
tanyahu and Obama have at times disagreed bitterly over issues relating to the Palestinians, including Israel's continued settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel's military occupied those territories, along with Gaza, in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Palestinians view them as the key
e East in his first year in office, with the rise of Islamist governments and the widening repercussions of civil revolt. After Obama helped topple Moammar Gaddafi<http://www.washingtonpost.corn/wp- dynkontent/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905672.html> in Libya in 2011, many in the region wondered when he would e
nd judiciary branch, so long as Hamas did not control the recipient. It also permitted funding to nongovernmental organizations that provide aid to the West Bank and Gaza relating to humanitarian needs and democracy promotion. Ultimately, the dilemma over funding the PA resolved itself in 2007, when Hamas b
nd Syria. In both cases, the insurgents are seen in the West as the "good guys," battling corrupt, autocratic leaders. Personally, I wish that both Moammar Gaddafi and Bashar al-Assad would give up power tomorrow. But that doesn't seem in the cards: Both leaders have shown they're willing to kill thousands of
Entities connected to both the West Bank and Moammar Gaddafi

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Bill Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Damascus
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Marc Rich
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Vladimir Putin
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Hillary Clinton
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Saddam Hussein
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