Epstein Secrets

at even if Israel withdrew to the 1967 lines, all Hamas would offer in return is a long-term truce. But that's not essential now either. After all, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party officially opposes the two-state solution too. Israel and America really need three things from Hamas right now. First, a ceasefire. W

sentially banned. And as part of such a deal, Egypt would likely open its border with Gaza, which would ease Hamas's isolation from the world. The Netanyahu government opposes a Palestinian unity deal and negotiations with Hamas. But some former top Israeli security officials disagree. And while it woul

ons and the Israelis. This was confirmed by Egypt's president on Saturday. With the approach of the Israeli elections, the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, wanted to trade with the blood of the Palestinians, especially after his alliance with the ultra- extremist Avigdor Lieberman failed to boost his p

irs. "Almost by any definition they have become more institutionalized," said Nathan Thrall, an analyst who covers the Palestinian territories for the International Crisis Group. "They more or less have been keeping a calm in Gaza. A very imperfect calm, and one that has escalations every three or four or five months, but

st a few hours before the launch of the deadly offensive against military=targets and Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjam=n Netanyahu was in his favorite place: in front of live television cameras= On Wednesday evening, he addressed the Israeli people with direct, aggres=ive words.

el Netanyahu's Extremely Risky Gamble Ulrike Putz<http://www.spiegel.de/extra/0,1518,632135,00.html> 11/15/2012 — Beirut -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hopi=g the offensive in the Gaza Strip wins his Likud party more votes in Janua=y's election. But the move is extremely risky. Skirmishes could e

shows how much the region has changed since the Arab uprisi=gs began," said Nathan Thrall, who researches Israel and the Palestinian=territories for the International Crisis Group, which works to prevent con=lict. "Now when Gaza is under fire, the loudest voices come not from the=so-called Axis of Resistance — Iran, Syria and

d the pain of the existing sanctions on Iran; a new government coalition in Israel has strengthened the hand of its hawkish leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Americans believe that recent blustery statements from Iranian officials are laying the groundwork for concessions by Tehran. None of this gu

r breakthrough from the meeting on Wednesday, which will include Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, in addition to the United States. Mr. Netanyahu on Friday repeated his skepticism that there would be any progress. But American officials said that at a minimum, the Baghdad meeting should be

C's success, on any given day, resided in these hard-won personal relationships. Still, the mission was not without its critics. In a 2010 report, the International Crisis Group noted EFTA_R1_02205148 EFTA02721228 erroneously, "With the improvement of Palestinian capacity ... the security reform project has gone on auto