Category Archives: Middle East

Hamas threats

What a shocker: Hamas is trying to derail the modest progress being made between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert toward some sort of agreement ahead of the Middle East peace summit in the fall.
From the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, Shin Bet: Hamas in Syria plans suicide bombings:
The security services are […]

Declaration of Principles: The way forward?

The buzz du-jour coming from the Middle East is that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are negotiating based on a so-called “Declaration of Principles” ahead of the US-sponsored Middle East peace summit set to take place in the Fall. Although the mere term “declaration of principles” evokes thoughts of […]