Lo, the Mideast Moves

BRUSSELS — The passage of the U.S. health care bill is a major foreign policy victory for President Barack Obama.

Lo, the Mideast Moves

Roger Cohen perceptively notes that two seemingly unrelated events – the passage of the healthcare bill in the U.S. and the reaction to the unapologetic expansion of settlements in Israel – are intertwined in the sense that Barack Obama has demonstrated, at long last, that he is not a pushover. As the best, and perhaps only, friend of Israel, the United States fittingly is calling out the current Israeli regime for foolish and morally repugnant behavior which can only end badly for Israel and the region.

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yes.

I have said before:

The only argument the Palestinians and Israelis have is who gets dead.

I think it would be foolish to bet on the three time looser.

I think they should get up from the table and end the game. Neither I nor they have discovered how they can do it. The suggested way of two viable states is a nonstarter.