Elliott Abrams

Analysis: Obama Trying to Find Roadmap Out of Mideast

Foreign analysts and media observers say that U.S. President Barack Obama’s failure to advance the “diplomatic process” is forcing him to find alternatives, one of which is “just walking away,” according to observers quoted by...

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Quitting Mideast talks may be best US policy: experts (AFP)

AFP – US President Obama addresses a memorial service at Fort Hood. The Obama administration needs a radical … by Christophe Schmidt Christophe Schmidt – 18 mins ago WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama administration needs a radical...

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Have Obama's Demands Stalled Israeli-Palestinian Talks? (Time.com)

By TONY KARON Tony Karon – 37 mins ago It's hardly surprising that President Barack Obama chose to schedule a White House visit by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the dead of night on Monday, because right now...

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Read the ‘New Yorker’ for the pictures

I still have to read the Lawrence Wright piece on Gaza in the New Yorker. From a friend who has: It’s a reasonably well-meaning report, yet badly organized and haphazardly conceived–passing in and out of the Shalit story and...

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Missteps marred Mideast efforts

WASHINGTON - President Obama came into office insisting his administration would press hard and fast to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But after nine months, analysts and diplomats say, the administration's efforts...

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Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. No it’s in Washington

Hillary says everything’s hunkydory! Amazing piece by Laura Rozen at FP mouthpiecing the State Department and saying that the two-state-solution is humming along like a Swiss watch. What planet are we living on? Do the media...

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Secretary Clinton gives $5M in seed money to blog, text democracy in Mideast

With $5 million in seed money, Clinton said the U.S. will dispatch digital experts to the region to work with community groups on blogging, texting and building websites in the Mideast and North Africa.

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(AHN) Former Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams: "U.S. and Israel Had Agreement on...

The Media Line Staff He was Deputy National Security Adviser for Global Democracy Strategy, under President Bush, during which time he also headed the Near East, North Africa desk of the National Security Council. The Media...

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Letters: Call for NGO review

We regret that the Guardian hasn't yet covered the important criticism made of Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week by its founder and chairman for 20 years, Robert Bernstein. Bernstein lamented the fact that HRW has allowed...

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HRW senior staff compare Israeli conduct to the 3.5 million dead and raped in Congo

“You would expect groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) to have zero tolerance for anything associated with Nazism. Not so, it seems.” * HRW current executive director Kenneth Roth: Judaism and its...

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