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, 2014 -- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is momentarily breathing a sigh of relief now that he can blame Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for scuttling the latest round of peace negotiations. Abbas' reconciliation pact with Hamas in Gaza allows Netanyahu to wash his hands of the peace

ama tends to create his own foreign policy headaches David Ignatius May 7, 2014 -- It's painful watching the YouTube video of President Obama in Manila last week, talking about hitting singles and doubles in foreign policy. Everything he says is measured, and most of it is correct. But he acts as i

ving the reconciliation deal with Fatah on April 23. Abu Marzouk's remarks come as Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Qatar. The Hamas leader added that the Quartet's requirement that Hamas recognize Israel "do not concern us one bit." "We would have spare

the wider region. Until now, Asian nations needing help building up their infrastructure have turned to the Japanese either directly or through the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, which is traditionally run by a Japanese official, much like the World Bank tends to be run by an American and the In

dependent on U.S. aid, receiving more than $400 million per year from Washington, and it was unclear whether the PA and its president, Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, could survive without it. As a result, the U.S. Congress responded to Hamas' 2006 electoral victory by passing the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act

em. Egypt can and should be just such a partner. Foreign Policy In Focus contributor Richard Javad Heydarian is a foreign affairs analyst based in Manila. EFTA_R1_02031597 EFTA02690706 23 Article 6. Foreign Affairs How Fatah-Hamas Unity Threatens U.S. Funding Douglas N. Greenburg and Derek D.

sympathize with the plight of the Palestinian people, [but] there is no love lost for Yassir Arafat." The report complains that, "the emergence of Mahmoud Abbas as the new Palestinian Prime Minister comes exactly at the wrong time." Why? "His ascent to power seems legitimate. He is a fresh face, and a clean

o, WDP Lodewijck J.R. de Vink, Chairman, Global Health Care Partners, Peapack, N.J Roberto F. de Ocampo, President, Asian Institute of Management, Manila Andre' Desmarais, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada, Montreal John M. Deutch, Institute Professor of Chemistry