As Israelis and Palestinians Talk, the Rise of a Political Islam Alters the Equation

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4. I don't think anybody know what's going to happen, in a way, that's the point.

Instability, uncertainty, doubt, anxiety, fear, hate, ...

I quite agree that Presidents matter. The current mess originated in the interaction of Sharon and Bush the Lesser ten years ago. Obama has done little to change it, I suppose because Bibi is - if anything - to the right of Sharon, and much weaker politically, hostage to the religious right. He's got Lieberman constantly yapping away with his brain disengaged on his right. If you remember how things were when Clinton's term ended, it's hard to view what has happened since as progress towards peace.

Haniyeh is looking for new sources of funding and a new place to live, I think. He is basically the Hamas Minister of Propaganda. I am curious to see what the Turks do about him, but I don't realy think it means much. I think Hamas has big problems, but I would not want to guess what's going to happen.

I don't usually spend much time on "advocacy sites", though I used to, they become predictable.