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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

We’ve been here before, of course. We’ve been here so many times I’ve lost count. Most of what needs to be said about the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks was expressed in a poem written nearly sixty years ago by the late, truly great Yehuda Amichai.

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Buy viagra c.o.d., Despite recent tension with Israel, President Obama's approval ratings have remained consistently high among American Jews, according to a new J Street poll. Order viagra from canada, He was viewed favorably by 62% in March compared to 64% in October, 2009, North Dakota ND . Billig viagra apotek, That is true even though Americans as a whole are less enamored of him than they used to be. Other poll data show a rising confidence that the country is on the right track under Obama, kopen goedkope viagra. Pennsylvania PA Penn. , The poll was taken on March 17th through 19th, about a week after the firestorm that erupted when Vice President Biden's trip to Israel was greeted by an announcement of settlement construction in East Jerusalem, köpa viagra. Apparently none of the squabbling diminished most American Jews' affection for Obama, buy viagra c.o.d.. Buy viagra overnight delivery, That should be encouraging news to the Administration as it tries to stop the folly of Israeli settlement construction and preserve the chance, however slim, Illinois IL Ill. , Tennessee TN Tenn. , for peace talks that accomplish something. Another tidbit from that poll should also be encouraging: when respondents were asked to choose the top two issues they will use to decide their 2010 Congressional votes, order viagra, Kjøpe viagra, Israel ranked 7th. It was deemed to be less important than the economy, Indiana IN Ind. , Jotta viagra verkossa, health care, the deficit and government spending, purchase viagra online, Viagra online cheap, Social Security and Medicare, and terrorism and national security, buy viagra online. αγοράσετε viagra έκπτωση, Israel was given the same ranking as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Buy viagra c.o.d., Only 10% of the respondents chose Israel as one of their top two issues.

No doubt Obama is hearing warnings about the political costs of even minor tussles with Israel, cheap generic viagra. Acheter en ligne viagra, But while American Jews do have concerns about Israel and its security, their votes are based mainly on the same bread-and-butter issues that other Americans care about, viagra online. Købe viagra online, If health care reform is implemented without too many setbacks, the economy doesn't do a nosedive and the lunatic fringe keeps vying for control of the Republican party, South Dakota SD , Viagra discount, it seems likely that Obama will retain his popularity with Jewish voters if he stands firm on Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and elsewhere. More than 70% of American Jews say the U.S, Texas TX Tex. . should play an active role in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even if it means pressuring or publicly disagreeing with both sides, according to the J Street poll, buy viagra c.o.d.. Om viagra online, And 55% agree the "U.S. did the right thing by strongly criticizing the Israeli announcement of new housing in East Jerusalem during the Vice President's visit."

Of course, the right-wing Jewish minority is making noise, and noise matters to presidents as well as members of Congress. Right now, MJ Rosenberg complains, AIPAC is pushing two Congressional letters urging that there be "no space" between American and Israeli policy. Obama should shrug off those letters and keep his eyes on the prize. Most American Jews will back him.

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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

In A Peace to End All Peace Sildenafil citrate over the counter, , David Fromkin’s history of the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the making of the modern Middle East, we follow British statesmen and military leaders as they make one foolish miscalculation after another. They persistently misread the Middle East, discount lowest price sildenafil citrate, Acheter viagra bon marché, made major decisions based on false intelligence and crackpot theories.

The British Ambassador in Constantinople, generic tadalafil online, Tadalafil tablets sale, Gerard Lowther, and his aide Gerald Fitz-Maurice developed an absolutely fantastic theory that the Young Turks who rebelled against Ottoman rule in 1908 were controlled by “Jewish Freemasons.” The Foreign Office in London readily accepted the notion of Jewish control over the destiny of the Ottoman Empire, tadalafil for sale in gibralter. Tadalafil india, Later, that theory contributed to the ludicrous idea that “the world war could be won by buying the support of this powerful group” –i.e., get sildenafil citrate fast, Find viagra online, the Jews.

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I am not sure if the contrast is as stark as the one that Fromkin depicted. Whatever intelligence it possessed did not prevent the Clinton administration from dragging Arafat to the Camp David talks, rx generic viagra, Drug sample viagra, even though he clearly didn’t want to go and was in no position to sign a landmark agreement on Jerusalem or the right of return. The results were disastrous, cheapest generic sildenafil citrate. Buy in vancouver sildenafil citrate, The Bushies marched into the inane second Iraq war based on flimsy intelligence and crackpot theories about the Shiites welcoming American troops as liberators. Sildenafil citrate over the counter, For the past year, something in me wanted to cling to the childish faith that the current American foreign policy team was different. I wanted to believe that they knew how to play the grand game, 100mg cialis, Vipps pharmacy, and they were thinking five or ten moves ahead.

Perhaps it’s time to stop clinging, lowest price tadalafil. Tadalafil users, In the latest issue of the Jerusalem Report (STILL inexcusably unavailable online), Leslie Susser sums up the reasons why the Obama administration’s Middle East diplomacy has failed miserably, best sildenafil citrate alternative. Obama made a “monumental blunder by demanding a total freeze in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...No Israeli government could order a freeze in East Jerusalem and no Palestinian leadership could demand less than the Americans. Moreover, the emphatic nature of the building ultimatum had given the Palestinians the impression that a new, more sympathetic administration would deliver Israel without having to join a negotiating process or make any reciprocal moves, sildenafil citrate over the counter. The result was deadlock…”

I am not convinced that pressing for a total settlement freeze was a bad idea, as long the administration had a coherent game plan if the Israelis refused to go along and kept allowing provocations by right wing settlers in East Jerusalem. If they had such a game plan, we would have seen it by now.

Susser’s account crystallizes the impression I have been trying to stave off for months: there is a good chance that Obama’s Middle East team does not know what it is doing.

I’ve poked around a bit and asked people who know the players what has gone wrong. Sildenafil citrate over the counter, Some blame individuals on George Mitchell’s staff. Others blame the mess on disagreements between the President’s cautious political advisors--e.g., the “Chicago boys”--and diplomats on the ground who have wanted more forceful American actions. But the problem might be deeper than the competence of individual staffers or political infighting. It may well be that the intelligence the Obama team has relied upon and its suppositions about conflict resolution have been deeply flawed.

As Casey Stengel said of the woeful New York Mets in 1962: “Can’t anybody here play this game?” I am not just sad about this situation. I am frightened.

Because if the state of diplomatic play on the Israeli-Palestinian front is so woeful, why should we trust that American foreign policy honchos know what they are doing in places where good intelligence is even harder to gather, like Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen. Why should we believe Western diplomats are much more knowledgeable and effective than they were in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire.

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Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Americans for Peace Now and J Street joined five other groups in a letter Order sildenafil citrate, that urges Obama to "use America's unique relationship with Israel to persuade it to lift the closure of its border crossing with Gaza now." Bravo, folks.

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

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When poking my head out and reading the musings of friends and fellow travellers, mexico pharmacy generic tadalafil, Pharmacie viagra bon marché, I sensed the gloves slowly being taken off when it comes to Obama and his team. That is good, sildenafil citrate britain. Sildenafil citrate without prescription, A reliance on the hope that Obama, Mitchell, cialis cialis, Cialis femele, Clinton et. al know what they are doing has not been rewarded, alternative search viagra, Where to get sildenafil citrate, to say the least.

MJ Rosenberg opines that "Obama needs to either engage seriously -- and that means pressure on both sides to negotiate honestly -- or he should call George Mitchell home." Americans for Peace Now wants Obama to get much tougher and "play hardball" with both sides, although it carefully avoids articulating the precise nature of the "real costs" it wants Obama to impose:

This is not a call for the US to threaten aid to Israel or the PA, sildenafil citrate from mexico. Playing hardball should not and must not mean taking steps that threaten Israel's security or further hurt the Palestinian humanitarian situation, is sildenafil citrate safe for women. Sildenafil citrate indigestion as a side effect, To the contrary: the US must assure both sides that as they move toward peace, America and the international community would work tirelessly to enhance their security, getting cialis, Discount generic tadalafil, international legitimacy and well-being.

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The idea that Obama needs the political wiggleroom to lean on both sides rather than just one side was an article of faith in my book, female sildenafil citrate. Tadalafil tadalafil nude, I interviewed Israelis who provided examples of diplomatic leverage that the U.S. could bring to bear with Israel, indian sildenafil citrate, Cialis online kaufen, short of cutting aid. For example, the U.S, sildenafil citrate from mexico. need not automatically veto every UN resolution that castigates Israel, research on cialis. Prescription viagra, The U.S. could express its displeasure with arms deals Israel makes with other countries (like India), herbal viagra cartridge, which have little to do with Israeli security and everything to do with supporting Israel's military industrial complex. There are economic agreements with Israel that can be called into question. Sildenafil citrate from mexico, But I hereby confess that I dodged an important question: "What can the U.S. do to "pressure" the Palestinians. It has already handed out plenty of economic and political carrots to Abbas and Fatah in the West Bank, bolstering their relative moderation with both economic aid and security training. Of course the U.S. could threaten to withhold it. But the prospect of losing currently available carrots has not prompted Abbas to climb down from his counter-productive position that no negotiations can commence until there is a total settlement freeze, sildenafil citrate from mexico.

What more pressure could the U.S. exert. What "real costs" could the U.S. impose. Sildenafil citrate from mexico, Make Palestinian lives even more miserable than they are now. The Israelis have tried that with their cruel boycott of the Gaza Strip and it has not dislodged Hamas from power. When there is such an assymetry of both economic resources and military power, the U.S. actually has little leverage with the weaker party and a great deal with the powerful one.

Saying there must be "pressure on both sides" is the politically correct mantra of my political camp. But how can it be put into place with the Palestinians. Beats me.

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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Order propecia, Troll around the Web and you will find many, distinctly different ways of looking at Bibi Netanyahu's recent announcement of a ten-month settlement freeze. Here are four that interest me:

1) IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, Acquistare online propecia, GREATER ISRAEL FANS. Netanyahu has been telling the right wing that the freeze is only temporary and that construction will resume after 10 months, it has been widely reported, Hawaii HI . But one story from Yediot Aharonot indicates he also used another argument to pacify the settlers: "Netanyahu was also quoted as saying that `the Americans drove me crazy, South Carolina SC S.C. , they wanted (a freeze) in Jerusalem as well.'"

2) IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THE SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT. Ohio OH , According to another report in Yediot by Itamar Eichner (available in translation from Israel News Today, but not accessible on-line):

Netanyahi said in his speech yesterday that the security cabinet decision...would be beneficial for the settlement enterprise. During the...Olmert government, he said, there was a freeze in practice, order propecia. Since the Netanyahu government was formed eight months ago, order propecia online without prescription, this has continued and, Comprar propecia baratos, all in all, construction in Judea and Samaria has been frozen. The new freeze is limited to only another 10 months, Osta propecia, after which construction will begin again. Rhode Island RI R.I. , In other words..., the decision is good for the settlers because it sets an end date to the freeze, in contrast to the situation that was in place, Tennessee TN Tenn. , in practice, Kjøpe billig propecia, of a freeze that was unlimited in time."

3) IT WILL BE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. says Talia Sasson, in an interview with Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now:

Enforcing the moratorium on settlement construction, South Dakota SD , Sasson points out, Order propecia c.o.d., requires a documenting effort, an ongoing monitoring effort, a security effort (protecting the government inspectors who will fan out in the West Bank to enforce the new orders), order propecia, a judicial effort (preparing and pursuing indictments against violators), Nebraska NE Nebr. , as well as a political effort. Order propecia, Prime Minister Netanyahu will have to confront the settler leaders, many of whom are members of his Likud party.

Listening to the full interview, I got the sinking feeling that it won't just be difficult; it may well be impossible, kopen goedkope propecia. The settlers are already mounting a petty resistance campaign, Propecia without prescription, and while the army under Ehud Barak may win major battles, the odds are they will probably lose this war. The only way to change this circumstance is for Bibi to show more courage than any Israeli Prime Minister since Yitzhak Rabin, order propecia online. It is just as likely that I will be the shortstop for the Boston Red Sox.

4) ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE THIS TIME, THE AMERICANS WON'T BACK DOWN, order propecia. Cheap propecia online legally, The usually perceptive Shimon Sheffer opines:

Let’s assume that in 10 months the international community is still unable to curb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities. Order propecia overnight delivery, Israel’s need for US assistance in thwarting the “existential danger” vis-à-vis Iran, as Netanyahu refers to it, will be even greater, propecia no prescription. Is it even thinkable that the Obama Administration will then allow Israel to resume construction in the territories. Propecia pedido en línea, Does anyone think that Netanyahu will dare resist the American demand to continue the freeze.

...The question that remains is whether Netanyahu will decide to clash with the Americans...

I estimate that he will persist with his attempts to maneuver among the various bad options, propecia over the counter, his rightist voters will continue to slam him, Propecia generic, and the Americans will hint that if he resumes construction they will allow the Europeans to pass Security Council resolutions that in essence recognize a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

In other words, the only hope is for Obama to demonstrate more courage on this issue since any American president since George Bush pere. But we already knew that, didn't we.

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Buy propecia without prescription, Pundits everywhere are calling for a rethinking of America's Middle East policies, assuming that the current tack will yield nothing productive. One of the most controversial calls was made by Thomas Friedman, in which he suggested the U.S, propecia sale. should pull the plug on its current diplomatic efforts, Purchase propecia online, give the Israelis and Palestinians the White House phone number and just wait until the parties decide they are ready to negotiate seriously. Israel Policy Forum's David Halperin summmed up my reaction with the title of his piece, To Do Nothing Is An Insane Policy, Georgia GA Ga. . Doni Remba concurs.

But if the U.S, buy propecia without prescription. Cheap propecia online without prescription, needs to stay engaged, what should it do. You might have been sucked into this post because you assumed that I had a clue, ordering propecia online legally, or thought I had a clue. Købe propecia, I don't. Isolated bits and shards of ideas are out there, nothing more, propecia without a prescription. Buy propecia without prescription, I offer a few from my rather paltry collection, hoping they will spark constructive conversation:

Daniel Levy opines: "The issues and their solutions are largely known, but the expectations that negotiations would deliver anything meaningful are nearly nonexistent. Another option for the U.S. Buy propecia online, would be to initiate back-to-back talks with the respective parties -- this approach may actually be more productive than bilateral talks between two parties who have proven that they cannot resolve this conflict on their own."

It worked for Kissinger, who went back and forth between the Egyptians and Israelis in the Sinai disengagement talks. It worked, ordering propecia online cheap, up to a point, Purchase propecia, for Jimmy Carter in the cabins of Camp David. Why not give it a try.

But maybe more radical ideas are called for, buy propecia without prescription. In an interview, Kansas KS Kans. , the estimable Rob Malley calls for "a sense of novelty":

...As we've defined the parameters of a two-state solution, Texas TX Tex. , it hasn't really addressed the concerns of today. On the Palestinian side: the diaspora, the refugees, lowest price propecia, those who have identified with Hamas; on the Israeli side the right-wing, Ostaa halvalla propecia, the religious, the settlers' community. And you won't be able to satisfy all of them, cheap propecia pills, undoubtedly, Propecia online cheap, but there needs to be a way to at least try to bring some of their concerns into the solution that you're ultimately going to have to sell to them. It's very hard to imagine a solution that won't entail the creation of a Palestinian state and Israel within the borders of 1967. Buy propecia without prescription, But that doesn't mean that you can't change other elements of it so that it becomes both more attractive, and has a sense of novelty so that people when they see it don't think, "We've seen this movie before, we know how it ends, and it doesn't end well...

...Unfortunately..., ordering propecia, the way the two-state solution has been discussed--including by very well-intentioned people--has been to say "the refugee problem is a card that the Palestinians will keep close to their chest until the very end, Kjøpe propecia, and then at the end they'll trade it for East Jerusalem, or more territory." If the genesis of the Palestinian movement is a refugee issue, if the majority of Palestinians are refugees, Washington WA Wash. , and if the Palestinian ethos is so connected to what happened in 1948 [when thousands of Palestinians either fled or were driven out of what later became part of Israel], Connecticut CT Conn. , that won't cut it. So the answer is not to say, "They need a right of return to Israel, generic propecia," because that would be the end of the two-state solution. Propecia prescription, The answer is to see whether you can find a way to show that whatever solution you're pursuing takes into account the world view, the histories, and the concerns and the aspirations of the diaspora.

Malley has been calling for a focus on the core issues of 1948, Mississippi MS Miss. , of late. Cheap propecia online without prescription, He gave few specifics in that interview, added no flesh to those provocative bones. But adding those core issues into the diplomatic calculus, if done properly, could indeed present the parties with new incentives, new directions, buy propecia without prescription.

When it comes to the refugees, Acheter en ligne propecia, one idea favored by Alon Ben-Meir is an international initiative to start compensating them now:

There is a need to create an economic incentive for the Israelis and Palestinians to come together and cooperate on such contentious final status issues as the Palestinian Right of Return.

It is necessary for all countries who endorse peace in the Middle East—including the US, Russia, China, Japan, EU and wealthy Arab states—to prove their commitment to a peaceful solution through a financial commitment of fifteen to twenty billion dollars for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Palestinian refugees. This not only implies that a solution to the Palestinian refugee question will be reached through negotiation, but more importantly, it redirects the various parties’ focus away from fighting over the political issue, and toward how to appropriately spend the money toward a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem. This also assures Israel that the international community, along with some of the Arab states, is committed to a solution to the refugee problem that precludes the Right of Return to Israel proper without saying so publicly. Buy propecia without prescription, Such a pool of funds should be placed under the umbrella of the IMF, the World Bank or the UN.

Ah, but what about the Jewish refugees from Muslim countries. Shouldn't they be included. Sure. Why not. Wouldn't that help to build support for other components of a final settlement among "Mizrachi" Jews in Israel, who tend to lean to the right.

That's all there is in this week's idea factory...

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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Propecia over the counter, As it prepares for its first national conference this weekend, J Street, the political arm of pro-peace, pro-Israel American Jews, is being assailed by those who don’t want it to take positions independent of the Israeli government. Order propecia, Chuck Freilich, a former Israeli National Security advisor, buy propecia c.o.d., Florida FL Fla. , castigates the J Streeters' “presumptuousness” and claims they think they “know better what is right for Israel" than the Israelis. Haaretz columnist Anshell Pffefer sums up the attitude of Israeli government officials towards J Street: “What do these limp-wristed shtetl Jews who have never held an M-16 know about running a country?”

These complaints are a variation of the message American Jews have been hearing from Israelis and some American supporters for decades: unless we serve in the Israeli army or vote in its elections, Oklahoma OK Okla. , Propecia farmacia a buon mercato, we have no right to criticize Israel in public. But those who bring out that old chestnut now are discounting or ignoring an inconvenient truth: J Street’s supporters –myself included- are American citizens who back American policies that we believe are in our own country’s interests, Arizona AZ Ariz. , Um propecia online, as well as the interests of Israelis, Palestinians and the rest of the world, ordering propecia from canada. Iowa IA , Like other J Streeters, I think the Obama administration is helping America and Israel when it tries to stop actions that, order propecia pills, Propecia online stores, if left unchecked, will preclude a two-state solution, buy propecia overnight delivery, Köpa rabatterade propecia, including Israeli settlement expansion and Palestinian violence and incitement.

As long as Israel and America are seen in much of the Muslim world as steadfast allies in a war between civilizations, what Israel does in the occupied territories is my problem, too, propecia over the counter. The Israel-Palestinian conflict fuels global instability and extremism and provides a valuable mobilizing tool for terrorist groups that would just as soon attack the New York City subway system as Sderot, propecia kopen. Rabatt kaufen propecia, Yet Israelis and others who want J Streeters to shut up choose not to remember that Middle East peace is an urgent American prority. In June, Minnesota MN Minn. , Propecia en ligne afin, I published a column expressing the pain many people in my camp will feel if there is a confrontation between Israel and the U.S. It also affirmed the need to give Obama the political leeway to lean on both sides of the conflict rather than just one side, För propecia online. Propecia over the counter, In response, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach chastized people like me in Huffington Post by calling us, astonishingly, “sunshine Jewish patriots,” as if we were traitorous Palmach soldiers in 1948, instead of modern American citizens. Kjøpe propecia online, Father Coughlin and Henry Ford would have appreciated that image.

Rabbi, billige propecia apotek, Pennsylvania PA Penn. , I weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict not just because I have a life-long concern for Israel, but also because I am concerned about America's security and well-being, comprare propecia. Propecia over the counter, There is no contradiction between the two priorities.

I am stepping into tricky rhetorical territory here, buy propecia online, Maine ME Me. , dredging up the sensitive question of where American Jews put their loyalties. That is a subject which Jews in the U.S, propecia over the counter. tend to be afraid of broaching in public. They shouldn't be. American Jews' relationship with Israel and the role of U.S. interests in that relationship are easy to explain and justify, although the truth is often obscured by the scurrilous accusation from white supremacists and paleoconservatives that we are a bunch of fifth columnists. Propecia over the counter, Jews in America want to protect America, and care about the safety of our families and neighbors and fellow citizens. Many of us also worry about Israel’s safety. The fact that we have multiple affinities and identities does not mean we put the interests of a foreign power above the interests of our own country. We do not. Of course there are occasional, isolated and deplorable exceptions like Jonathan Pollard, but they are the exceptions that prove the rule.

The President's stance against more settlements is well within the boundaries of mainstream Israeli thinking, even though the current, center right government doesn’t have much use for it, propecia over the counter. But even if it were a radical idea in Israel, no Israeli would have the right to rebuke me for advocating policies for my own government.

Israelis and their supporters should feel free to tell J Street that Obama’s approach is wrong. But they should stifle the impulse to tell us, American citizens, that we should never support a U.S. administration that disagrees with Israel.

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Order diazepam without prescription, Is it more important for American Jewish peace groups to prove that they speak for most American Jews, or to be right. I vote for the latter, pharmacie diazepam bon marché. Montana MT Mont. , Last week, sighs of relief could be heard in the organized American Jewish establishment, acheter diazepam. Buy diazepam overnight delivery, A new American Jewish Committee poll showed that a majority of American Jews favored a U.S attack on Iran, did not want Obama to pressure Israel on settlements and leaned to the right on some issues, Kjøp Discount diazepam. Comprar en línea diazepam, The poll also showed that Jews in the U.S. leaned leftward on other issues, order diazepam without prescription. But both James Besser of New York Jewish Week and --to a lesser extent-- the JTA's Eric Fingerhut focused on the extent to which the poll shows that groups like J Street are out of touch with the American Jewish majority, buy diazepam from canada. Köpa diazepam online, Here is Besser:

The finding that 51 percent disagree with the Obama administration’s call for a `stop to all new Israeli settlement construction' stands in contrast to earlier polls by J Street, the pro-peace process lobby and political action committee, New Mexico NM N.Mex. , Arizona AZ Ariz. , which were interpreted as showing strong Jewish support for U.S. pressure on Israel to advance the peace process, buy diazepam cheap, Maryland MD Md. , and other surveys showing limited sympathy for settlers and settlements...

In a barb probably aimed mostly at the upstart J Street, Nebraska NE Nebr. , Kjøpe diazepam online, the AJC’s Harris said that, taken together, diazepam pills, Order diazepam from canada, the poll results reveal that "the ideologically driven groups with a specific agenda — whether on the right or the left — are misrepresenting the totality of the Jewish community’s views. Order diazepam without prescription, They are either cherry picking data that reinforces their particular perspective or framing questions to get the answers they seek.”

His group’s survey, he said, shows “a continuing, clear and continuous centrism, with American Jews tilting to the left on some issues and tilting to the right on others. The suggestion that groups that represent the center are somehow fossilized is shattered by these results.”

I have played the "who speaks for the American Jewish majority" game for many years, comprare diazepam sconto. Goedkope diazepam apotheek, Indeed, my book trots out polls that show how, billige diazepam Apotheke, Illinois IL Ill. , over the years, the conventional Israel lobby has been out of step with the more dovish Jewish majority in the U.S, diazepam without prescription. Diazepam online stores, New polls will no doubt show shifts in Jewish public opinion on this or that issue in the coming months and years.

The truth is that sponsoring a provocative or newsworthy poll is a great way to wedge your organization into the news, Osta diazepam, Ostaa halvalla diazepam, and that is one of the main reasons why we are deluged with surveys about everything under the sun. The day after the 1992 American presidential elections, in one of my former agencies, a brilliant p.r, order diazepam without prescription. rep for 1-800-Mattres orchestrated a phone poll, purchase diazepam online. It showed that most voters watched the election results while lying in bed, and many wished they were more comfortable. It got massive coverage.

Polls that gauge American Jewish opinion are not comparably frivolous. Order diazepam without prescription, But I have come to believe that too much energy is now wasted on survey data that are used as weapons in the battle over who speaks for most of the Jewish community (or who has the right to speak for that community). That battle has been going on for many decades, as I also showed in my book. This is one soldier who is tired of fighting it.

What's the difference if, four months from now, another poll shows that an even lower percentage of the community likes what Obama is doing. What's the difference if a minority of Jews agree with those of us who support J Street, Americans for Peace Now, Israel Policy Forum, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom and Ameinu. Who cares, order diazepam without prescription. If 80% of my community wanted to ally itself with Avigdor Lieberman, I would fight even harder to ensure that American elected officials hear from those who oppose him.

I am not engaged on these issues because I want to "represent" anyone. The American Jewish community is not a democracy. The organizations that weigh in on foreign policy issues were not elected by anyone. Order diazepam without prescription, Collectively, they speak for the small minority of Jews who care enough about these issues to contact a politician or donate to campaigns or go to a conference --whether it is AIPAC's or J Street's. Israel is a comparatively low priority for most Jewish voters in the U.S. Those who feel strongly enough about stopping a disastrous occupation should not worry whether "most Jews" are with us. We should worry about making enough noise to show the Obama team they have enough political leeway to be bold and evenhanded.

It's important to show that the policies of the past are "fossilized," not the organizations that support them.

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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

NYU Professor Alon Ben-Meir Order diazepam no prescription, sees reasons for hope. It seems to me that ALL of the scenarios he envisions would need to occur in order for a breakthrough to occur. That is unlikely. But stranger, more unlikely things have occured on this planet, including the birth and development of a Jewish state. As I noted in my book, billig diazepam apotek, some people make a "rhetorical bloodsport" of explaining why there is no hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace. They may well be correct, order diazepam no prescription. But as the Jewish New Year begins, I am glad that Ben-Meir prefers another activity, another approach.

[Note: what follows is a version of the article that is updated from the one I originally posted. Diazepam online cheap, Professor Ben-Meir added a section about the current lull in violence and requested that I post the updated text]:

THE PROSPECT FOR A BREAKTHROUGH

Alon Ben-Meir – September, 23, 2009

Although the Obama administration’s efforts to resume the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations have not, as yet, produced tangible results, the prospect for a breakthrough in negotiations may be closer today than it has been in many years. Notwithstanding the inherent skepticism about the prospect of real progress, Jotta diazepam verkossa, the conversion of certain regional and international developments have altered the political dynamic and created a new set of opportunities for a negotiated settlement. Order diazepam no prescription, The Obama administration stands a greater chance for success than any of its predecessors, as long as it remains consistent and unwavering while keeping the end-game in sight. There are six factors that have made this historical moment ripe for significant progress, if not actually achieving an Israeli-Palestinian peace.

There is no doubt that the early push for the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations by the Obama administration has created a sense of urgency that the time has come to put an end to this debilitating conflict. President Obama’s early involvement signals that the United States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a wider context, Diazepam without a prescription, and sees that its continuation reverberates and impacts other regional conflicts, as well as prevents many Arab and Islamic states who wish to normalize relations with Israel from doing so. Moreover, the United States is aware of its central role in facilitating peace, and Obama’s insistence on a renewal of negotiations illustrates that he understands that the intractability of the conflict and the innate skepticism of all the players involved requires time to build confidence between the conflicting parties.

Where previous administrations spoke about the requirements for peace, the Obama administration is taking action to insist on some of these requirements—asking the Israelis to declare a moratorium on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the Arab states to open a trade section in Israel and allow Israel to fly planes over Arab territory are two cases in point, order diazepam no prescription. Early engagement offers a clear indication that the Obama administration’s heavy investment of political capital will not allow the United States to cut and run. Obama has made clear his intentions of seeing negotiations through at the tri-lateral meeting he hosted this week between Netanyahu, cheap diazepam from canada, Abbas and himself. All sides must now be prepared for the long haul while the United States is ready to provide them with the political cover they need to make the required concessions.

The second significant factor that came on the heel of the administration’s early involvement is the present general lull in violence. Order diazepam no prescription, For obvious reasons, nothing disrupts the peace process more than acts of violence, which shatter any desire by either party to cooperate politically. In the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority has recognized that progress can be made only under the condition of a tangible calm, Pennsylvania PA Penn. , and the genuine efforts of the PA Security Forces to prevent any wanton acts of violence against Israelis has persuaded Israel to begin to ease the brunt of the occupation on Palestinian civilians. Scores of road blocks have been removed by the IDF, and economic development has been on the rise throughout the West Bank. To this regard, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s unveiling of his government program to build the apparatus of a Palestinian state within two years is an admirable, bold and welcome initiative. Fayyad and the PA’s commitment to build a future based on equality and restoration of self-dignity in a non-violent atmosphere changes in a fundamental way the mindset of nearly every individual in this conflict, Connecticut CT Conn. . The forward of the plan by Salam Fayyad states specifically that:

"Palestine will be a peace-loving state that rejects violence, commits to co-existence with its neighbors, and builds bridges of cooperation with the international community, order diazepam no prescription. It will be a symbol of peace, tolerance and prosperity in this troubled area of the world. By embodying all of these values, Palestine will be a source of pride to all of its citizens, and an anchor of stability in this region."

Israel in particular should embrace this initiative as it would strengthen the efforts of Palestinian moderates, Cheap diazepam online without prescription, cementing this lull in violence and setting in motion a peaceful negotiating process.

This development has not been lost on Hamas. The clear evidence of economic growth and prosperity in the West Bank has created a stark contrast to the situation in Gaza, which illustrates to all parties involved in the conflict that moderation leads to results. Order diazepam no prescription, Although Hamas’ adherence to the ceasefire may in fact be tactical, its actions are still motivated by the organization’s desire to change the dynamic of its relations with Israel—especially after the Israeli incursion into Gaza in December 2008 and Hamas’ subsequent terrible political and military losses. Moreover, as Hamas seems to be losing popular support compared to the Palestinian Authority, its leaders are eager to show some progress on the political front, Kansas KS Kans. . To that end, Hamas has been working through Egyptian mediators to negotiate a prisoner exchange with Israel and an agreement to ease the border crossings into Gaza to allow for goods to pass through. Most importantly, on more than one occasion Hamas’ leaders have said that they can see themselves accepting a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, which signals that they have been taking to heart the changing Arab political wind toward Israel. Kjøpe billig diazepam, This development is better understood when examined against the third important development in the current political climate, which is the evolving nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the fatigue that seems to have engulfed all sides. That is, it is entirely possible that the Israelis and Palestinians have reached a mutually disadvantageous stalemate, where they have both realized that the continuation of violence diminishes, rather than enhances, their bargaining posture, order diazepam no prescription. This is not to suggest that Israel and the Palestinians are ready to settle their differences and sign a peace treaty today. It only suggests that both sides seem to have concluded, without publically admitting, that regardless of how much longer this conflict persists, neither side can improve appreciably their position enough to warrant further hostilities and suffering, District of Columbia DC D.C. . This can be seen in the recent International Peace Institute poll which showed that nearly two-thirds of Palestinians now support a two-state solution and the steps it would involve to see it come to fruition. The two-state solution is not one of many possibilities, but the only outcome of any negotiated settlement. Order diazepam no prescription, Surely, the hard bargaining will continue throughout the negotiation process, and only a naïve will predict that peace is just around the corner. But given other regional developments, the resumption of large scale violence akin to the second Intifadah seems increasingly more remote, Købe diazepam, as the political climate is shifting more toward reconciliation and the benefits derived from moderation.

The fourth element contrasts the view that the rise of a right-of-center government in Israel is a detriment to peace, when in reality no lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace can be forged without the full support of the center and right-of-center parties. The current Israeli coalition government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu with Labor’s leader Ehud Barak as Defense Minister, is in a strong position to conduct the initial hard bargaining necessary to move negotiations forward, while still meeting some of Israel’s core requirements, comprar diazepam de descuento. Although this government may not be in a position to make significant concessions such as those on East Jerusalem and still remain in power, Netanyahu may end up forming a unity government with the centrist Kadima party, and will thereby encompass the Left, Center, and Right, Cheap diazepam online, representing the majority of the Israeli public opinion. Historically, major concessions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were made by Prime Ministers of the Likud party; Begin withdrew from the Sinai as a part of a peace agreement with Egypt in 1979, Netanyahu pulled out from Hebron under the Wye River agreement in 1998, and Sharon evacuated Gaza in 2005, order diazepam no prescription.

Moreover, the Israeli public is ready for peace with security, and the Israelis are fully aware that there is a demographic time bomb in the making. Israel must choose between a democratic state with a sustainable Jewish majority, which necessitates giving up most of the West Bank, or risk losing the Jewish majority in Israel, diazepam farmacia a buon mercato, in which case Israel will be thrust into two untenable situations—either accept the one-state solution, which if democratically elected, would be governed by a Palestinian majority, or disfranchise the Palestinians to stay in power, which would inevitably lead to catastrophic consequences. Louisiana LA , Natanyahu will not miss an opportunity to sign a peace treaty that meets Israel’s principle requirements: a sustainable Jewish majority, territorial integrity and national security—none of which negate the establishment of a Palestinian state living in peace side-by-side with Israel.

The growing receptivity of the Arab Initiative in Israel and by the Obama administration presents the fifth critical element in the evolution of the peace process. Order diazepam no prescription, The Arab Initiative provides a comprehensive formula for an Arab-Israeli peace and the means to unravel the political conundrum between Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and Israel. The Arab Initiative was adopted first in Beirut, Lebanon in March of 2002, and reintroduced in March of 2007 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, discount diazepam. The Initiative establishes the following principles: 1) Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967, 2) Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, 3) The acceptance and the establishment of a Sovereign Independent Palestinian State on the Palestinian territories occupied since the 4th of June 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza strip, with east Jerusalem as its capital, 4) The Arab-Israeli conflict ended, Idaho ID , a peace agreement with Israel, and security for all the states of the region and finally, 5) The establishment of normal relations with Israel in the context of this comprehensive peace. The conditions are now ready for all parties involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to endorse this historical Initiative, which will facilitate an end to the conflict that still meets the fundamental requirements of the stakeholders involved.

The sixth and final factor that may accelerate the peace process and bring Israel and the Arab states closer to a settlement is the Iranian nuclear program, which threatens both Israel and the Arab states, köpa billiga diazepam. Although the Arab states—with the exception of Egypt—have thus far refused to cooperate with Israel publicly, and have sought first to extract some concessions from Israel on the Palestinian front, there is no doubt that these countries count on Israel to obstruct Iran’s regional ambitions, order diazepam no prescription. There is certainly no love lost between Shiite Iran and the majority Sunni Arab states, and when viewed with this incentive, Israeli-Arab cooperation is bound to grow. Motivated by self-interest and national security concerns, the Arab states will become increasingly more accommodating to Israel, Order diazepam c.o.d., as the Egyptian government and some of the smaller Gulf States have already amply demonstrated. Iran, which has effectively undermined the peace process in the past, may now inadvertently aid the process by virtue of its regional ambitions and pursuit of nuclear weapons.

To capitalize on this new environment, the Obama administration must first and foremost stay on course and remain unwavering in its effort to resume the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Order diazepam no prescription, President Obama’s successful efforts to arrange a trilateral meeting between Netanyahu, Abbas and himself on the sideline of the UN General Assembly is a positive move—regardless of how little it might have achieved in the short term. The President made his determination clear when he stated, ordering diazepam no rx, “It is past time to stop talking about starting negotiations, and time to move forward.”

To further facilitate the progress of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations the Obama administration must allay Israeli concerns over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. To that end, there must be a complete understanding between Israel and the US about the course of action needed to dissuade Iran from pursuing its nuclear ambitions, as well as a close collaboration between the two countries on matters of intelligence. Um diazepam online, Moreover, President Obama must assure the Israelis that his call for a nuclear-free Middle East will not bring Israel’s nuclear program into question—especially as the P5+1 countries (US, Russia, China, UK and France + Germany) enter into negotiation with Iran on October 1st. Doing so would allow Iran to tie the development of its nuclear program to the existence of an Israeli program, and would cause serious rifts between the US and Israel, billige diazepam apotek.

In addition, the Obama team must now capitalize on the existing calm in the West Bank and along the Gaza borders, and work with the Egyptians to secure the release of the Israeli soldier Shalit in a package prisoner exchange, order diazepam no prescription. Such an agreement would dramatically reduce the tension between Hamas and Israel, and would also pave the way for opening the border crossing with Israel and allow much needed goods to enter Gaza. In the same vein, with continued American prompting and support, Israel and the Palestinian Authority must continue their security and economic cooperation in the West Bank, Rabatt kaufen diazepam, which will deepen their vested interest in the evolving mutually gainful relationship.

Although the Netanyahu government has not yet formally endorsed the Arab Peace Initiative, the United States and the EU should first officially endorse it and make every effort to persuade Israel to do likewise. There is nothing in the Arab Peace Initiative that negates Israel’s ultimate objective of establishing peace and normal relations with all of its neighbors. Order diazepam no prescription, That being said, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the leading Arab states who wish Israel to accept the Initiative must now use all the leverage they have to persuade Hamas to adopt it as well. The Initiative offers Hamas a way to achieve land and peace for the Palestinians without having to concede directly to Israel, as signing on to the Arab Initiative would be seen as joining the collective will of the Arab states. By accepting the Initiative, παραγγείλετε online diazepam, Hamas will fall in line with the other 19 Arab states that are willing to recognize Israel only upon reaching an agreement based on the provisions of the Arab Peace Initiative.

Finally, there is a need to create an economic incentive for the Israelis and Palestinians to come together and cooperate on such contentious final status issues as the Palestinian Right of Return. It is necessary for all countries who endorse peace in the Middle East—including the US, Russia, China, Japan, EU and wealthy Arab states—to prove their commitment to a peaceful solution through a financial commitment of fifteen to twenty billion dollars for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Palestinian refugees. This not only implies that a solution to the Palestinian refugee question will be reached through negotiation, but more importantly, it redirects the various parties’ focus away from fighting over the political issue, and toward how to appropriately spend the money toward a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, order diazepam no prescription. This also assures Israel that the international community, along with some of the Arab states, is committed to a solution to the refugee problem that precludes the Right of Return to Israel proper without saying so publicly. Such a pool of funds should be placed under the umbrella of the IMF, the World Bank or the UN. President Obama can play an important role in seeing this through, but the U.S. cannot be seen as the only power endorsing this campaign. Order diazepam no prescription, Skeptics and pessimists will view the current geopolitical climate in the Middle East as nothing more than a mirage, and will conclude that President Obama’s efforts to push for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are futile. Yet it is not a question of the level of optimism needed to create peace, rather a question of whether the Obama administration can afford to not to act and thus squander a historic opportunity for a breakthrough—however remote that possibility might be. President Obama has demonstrated leadership and courage, the two qualities surely needed to push the process forward. Now he has to demonstrate that he possess the iron will necessary to stay the course and translate this positive political climate into a major transformation in the conflict. As Obama himself stated to Netanyahu and Abbas, “So my message to these two is clear. Despite all the obstacles, all the history, all the mistrust, we have to find a way forward.”

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