Epstein Secrets

ber of suggestions Israel could make, with no domestic political risk but with every prospect of improving the atmosphere and accelerating progress. “Yitzhak is one of Israel’s top lawyers,” I said. “He’s struck dozens of deals in his life. But he strikes a deal when that’s what his client wants. You are t

here was tension with the new American president, Barack Obama, over moves to revive the peace process wit

sure that happened, or not to hinder Israel from doing so. Either was going to be a lot harder if there was tension with the new American president, Barack Obama, over moves to revive the peace process with the Palestinians. I didn’t expect it to be put to the test so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking offi

o revive the peace process with the Palestinians. I didn’t expect it to be put to the test so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking office, President Obama launched an effort to restart negotiations, declaring it “intolerable” that there was still not a Palestinian state. He was explicit about what Israe

t so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking office, President Obama launched an effort to restart negotiations, decla

ber of suggestions Israel could make, with no domestic political risk but with every prospect of improving the atmosphere and accelerating progress. "Yitzhak is one of Israel's top lawyers," I said. "He's struck dozens of deals in his life. But he strikes a deal when that's what his client wants. You are t

here was tension with the new American president, Barack Obama, over moves to revive the peace process wit

sure that happened, or not to hinder Israel from doing so. Either was going to be a lot harder if there was tension with the new American president, Barack Obama, over moves to revive the peace process with the Palestinians. I didn't expect it to be put to the test so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking offic

to revive the peace process with the Palestinians. I didn't expect it to be put to the test so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking office, President Obama launched an effort to restart negotiations, declaring it "intolerable" that there was still not a Palestinian state. He was explicit about what Israe

t so soon. Yet within weeks of our taking office, President Obama launched an effort to restart negotiations, decla

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t of Tel Aviv. Rabin had a very low table in his office, with two chairs. We would sit across from each other, each with a ready supply of coffee and Yitzhak smoking an apparently endless supply of cigarettes, and we would just talk. Politics. Strategy. Israel. The PLO. The surrounding Arab states. And the

re recently Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cameron, but to /sraelis, is that these are existential threats. What do you imagine? That if, God forbid, we wake up and Iran is a nu

ntly Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cameron, but to /sraelis, is that these are existential threats. What do you imagine? That if, God forbid, we wake up and Iran is a nuclear

t of Tel Aviv. Rabin had a very low table in his office, with two chairs. We would sit across from each other, each with a ready supply of coffee and Yitzhak smoking an apparently endless supply of cigarettes, and we would just talk. Politics. Strategy. Israel. The PLO. The surrounding Arab states. And the

re recently Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cameron, but to /sraelis, is that these are existential threats. What do you imagine? That if, God forbid, we wake up and Iran is a nu

ntly Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cameron, but to /sraelis, is that these are existential threats. What do you imagine? That if, God forbid, we wake up and Iran is a nuclear

ng by using chemical weapons - and that wasn't enough to get the British parliament and Prime Minister Cameron or the American Congress and President Obama to act. Then, ISIS beheaded two journalists (not really a new practice in the Middle East) in front of the HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028892 --- PAGE BREAK ---

eceived about $1 billion from the US, by order of President Obama, for "Iron Dome", and assistance for the David's

d later Peres - with the first steps towards the Palestinians, took huge national, diplomatic, security and political risks. Some paid a heavy price. Yitzhak paid the ultimate price. But they all dared - and acted. This is the true test of leadership. This is also the real test of creative statesmanship. •

ng by using chemical weapons - and that wasn't enough to get the British parliament and Prime Minister Cameron or the American Congress and President Obama to act. Then, ISIS beheaded two journalists (not really a new practice in the Middle East) in front of the cameras - and within 48 hours the world wa

-- PAGE BREAK --- more than one occasion, I told President Obama, and before that Presidents Bush and Clinton, the

d later Peres - with the first steps towards the Palestinians, took huge national, diplomatic, security and political risks. Some paid a heavy price. Yitzhak paid the ultimate price. But they all dared - and acted. This is the true test of leadership. This is also the real test of creative statesmanship. •