Epstein Secrets

TA02691166 5 both instances, however, U.S. opposition presented Abbas with an impossible choice, recapitulated starkly by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after May 2: "It's either Hamas, or peace with Israel." With Mubarak's Egypt shoring up a still-biting Gaza blockade, meanwhile, and taking Fatah's

he team is doing well, they are glad to join the parade. Democratic lawmakers were happy to stand and cheer a pro-American speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu in Congress. After all, Israel is popular in the U.S. But some Americans EFTA_R1_02032790 EFTA02691173 12 like it more than others. A recent Ga

of truth. A presidential election in 2005, although marred by low turnout and many irregularities, was won by Mubarak with 89 percent of the vote. Ayman Nour, runner-up, obtained only 7 percent and was then jailed for a five-year term, apparently for the effrontery of opposing the autocrat. His example o

order to remind the parties to ongoing coalition =alks in Israel that peace should be a factor in their negotiations. With M= Obama coming, perhaps Binyamin Netanyahu and his potential partners will be obliged to think not only of =urrently dominant domestic issues but also of relations with their most im=ediate n

e speculation <http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,1-4342870,00.html> is right and Mr Obama chairs a mini-summit, perhaps in =ordan, between Mr Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas. But the fact that the presi=ent is coming, and that he has in John Kerry a new secretary of state long=engaged in the issue and b

in the ruin of Egypt came in 2=05. The dictator rigged yet another presidential election, his fifth in a =ow, and he ordered a decent young rival, Ayman Nour, to prison on trumped =p charges. The administration of George W. Bush grasped the importance of the moment, but Mubarak brushed t=eir entreaties as

ould serve their purpose: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government may sense weakness and qui

g the peace process to sink into a prolonged coma. Israeli hard-liners, too, may calculate that a short war could serve their purpose: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government may sense weakness and quietly dream of finishing off Hamas once and for all. Syria has been a strong supporter of Hamas and h

Mubarak regime over the last decade. Al- Bastawisi is, like ElBaradei, widely respected but does not appear to be a natural politician. There is also Ayman Nour, founder of Al-Ghad Party. Nour came in a distant second to former President Hosni Mubarak in 2005 and spent the subsequent four years in prison on p