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of us, knows how weak the Palestinians are. Abbas also knows that the Gaza-West Bank split is much more than a "brotherly" misunderstanding between Fatah and Hamas. The world has been preoccupied away from Palestinian concerns, and now, the Arabs themselves are preoccupied away from Palestine with th

ce News Beginnings of Bionic Meghan Rosen Anicic I. NYT HopendChange: Part Two Thomas L. Friedman November 7, 2012 -- In October 2010, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, famously told The National Journal, "The single most EFTA00700211 important thing we want to achieve is for President Oba

y that, in its gut, did not want to meet him halfway but wanted him to fail — so that it could swoop in and pick up the pieces. To this day, I find McConnell's declaration appalling. Consider all the problems we have faced in this country over the last four years — from debt to adapting to globalization

yed, they may succeed by the end of June. The plan is for that new government to rule for six months and then hold elections, but neither Hamas nor Fatah wants to subject itself to the unpredictability of the polls. For Abbas, elections might end his years of happy globe-trotting. He claims that ret

rker told Politico last week. In late May, Mitch McConnell, an architect of the G.O.P. strategy of non- coop

of holding their cards, because we realize that it's not game time yet," the Tennessee Republican Bob Corker told Politico last week. In late May, Mitch McConnell, an architect of the G.O.P. strategy of non- cooperation since 2009, also told Politico, "I think we have plenty of members in the Senate on both si

ied by the extinction of Israel. In the 16 years since the Oslo accords turned the West Bank and Gaza over to the Palestinians, their leaders — Fatah and Hamas alike — built no schools, no roads, no courthouses, no hospitals, no institutions that would re- lieve their people's suffering Instead

n Republicans wanted — saying the date pres- ents a "fair and adequate" schedule in line with the timeline for past Supreme Court nominees. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the Demo- crats tactics "heavy-hand- ed" and urged them to reconsider the schedule. President Obama has pressed the Senate to vote

risons, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, It-Ky., said the president was ignoring the "clear desire of Congress and the American people." McConnell also ques- tioned whether Obama has the authority to move Ghailani under current law. He declined to say whether Congress would consider further

in Gaza, but the "Hamas trumps Abbas" dynamic has been underway for some time now and is likely to continue. I'd offer four reasons why. Feckless Fatah Abbas's party is in disarray. The Islamists' victory in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, its takeover of Gaza in 2007, Fatah's own sens

2010, the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, stated outright that his top politi

everything he hoped to do. Shortly before the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in 2010, the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, stated outright that his top political priority was to deny President Obama a second term. This breathtaking rejection of the principl

as was the place he first delivered it — a television studio in Tehran. Rajoub's Jan. 28 visit to Iran was extraordinary for a senior official of Fatah, the secular movement that dominates the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas. Iran has been the major sponsor of Hamas, the EFTA00684677 m

rs, the bill seemed almost guaranteed to pass. Among the lawmakers reached were a handful of Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Sen. Mark Kirk (the Republican co-sponsor of the bill AIPAC had been pushing to support until then), and Sen. Lindsey Graham, another stalwart all

senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Sen. Mark Kirk (the Republican co-sponsor of th