Epstein Secrets

murderer. At the moment, there are no peace talks with Israel, the economy is in a slump and there continue to be deep divisions between Hamas and Fatah, the rival Palestinian groupings ruling the Gaza Strip and West Bank, respectively. Under these circumstances, it would be a perfect time to have n

ugh is both gatekeeper and confidant for President Obama when it comes to foreign policy. The former football safety at Saint John's University in Minnesota and House foreign affairs staffer is said to be so close to the president "that colleagues -- even his superiors -- often do not make a major move

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

bers of Congress. they have only 59 senators — one short of the number needed to end a Republican filibuster. Even if Al Franken were seated as Minnesota's sec- ond senator, Kennedy and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., are suffering health prob- lems that could preclude them from casting votes to end the

rebuilding was predicated on the Palestinian Authority asserting itself in Gaza. However, relations between Hamas and its political rivals, Abbas's Fatah party, remain fraught= The authority has proven unwilling or unable to govern in Gaza. As a result, th= promised reconstruction money has not been d

ry of organized labor. And in 2010, still reeling from the recession, they electe= new governors. Except that the governors took these two states -- Minnesota and 4 EFTA_R1_02175149 EFTA02719128 Wisconsin -- have gone down two very different paths. Today, Minnesota's unemployment rate is 3.6 percent --

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

warehouse in the North Loop of Minneapolis, just yards from the Mississippi River. The restaurant, the Bachelor Fanner, is owned by two sons of the Minnesota governor, Mark Dayton. They had designed a special menu, which highlighted fresh produce grown on the restaurant's roof, and the staff wore matchi