Submitted by Brodsky on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:42
An Interview with Dr. Asher Susser
By: Matt Gordner
Egypt’s failure to broker an effective reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah makes it a strong probability that the January elections will be considered illegitimate by the Palestinian people – that is, if they happen at all. Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) recently declared that the elections will be postponed pending more suitable national conditions. This, of course, renders the possibility of a virtual three state arrangement a viable reality for Israelis and Palestinians in the near future.
For a number of reasons, the speeches delivered this summer by Obama, Netanyahu, and Fayyad promised to bear fruit. Instead, they withered on the vine.
Submitted by Brodsky on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 08:08
Unlike the June 15, 2008 article headline in the New York Times, "A Year Reshapes Hamas and Gaza," the body of the article testifies to the fact that neither are the case.
The article's author, Ethan Bronner, tries to demonstrate that the "long-term truce" that Hamas would offer if Israel merely agreed to return to the 1967 borders (in other words, give up front all that Hamas wants in return for a temporary truce) is a major advancement on their part.
Furthermore, Bronner concedes that this new Hamas position is not so different from the rest of the Arab world's view on peace talks with Israel. That is, a peace deal is temporary because Israel exists as a fact and is therefore recognized. It is not because they want peace or because Israel is accepted. It is simply a recognition of an unfortunate fact with the desire to see the state destroyed later, once Arab power is restored to its imagined, past glory:
Unlike the June 15, 2008 article headline in the New York Times, "A Year Reshapes Hamas and Gaza," the body of the article testifies to the fact that neither are the case.The article's author, Ethan Bronner, tries to demonstrate that the "long-term truce" that Hamas would offer if Israel merely agreed to return to the 1967 borders (in other words, give up front all that Hamas wants in return for a temporary truce) is a major advancement on their part.
Furthermore, Bronner concedes that this new Hamas position is not so different from the rest of the Arab world's view on peace talks with Israel. That is, a peace deal is temporary because Israel exists as a fact and is therefore recognized. It is not because they want peace or because Israel is accepted. It is simply a recognition of an unfortunate fact with the desire to see the state destroyed later, once Arab power is restored to its imagined, past glory:
