| NECESSARY PRELIMINARY STEPS ON THE MIDDLE-EAST PEACE ROAD |
| Author: DANIEL M. ZUCKER |
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| Date of Original Publication: 02/11/2010 |
| Country: International |
Summary: There are preliminary steps that must be taken before the "Roadmap to Solution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" can be addressed properly by both sides to the conflict. First, Iran's negative influence through its funding of its Islamist terror proxies must be eliminated. Then corruption and incitement to violence on both sides need to be eradicated. Only then will peace negotiations stand a chance of success.
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| Brief commentary: Last month, President Barack H. Obama, in his first State of the Union address,
admitted that his Middle East policy as pertains to the Israel-Palestine
conflict has been a failure. Iran’s continued rejection of all western
diplomatic offers demonstrates graphically that President Obama’s policy of
engagement likewise has been a dismal failure. Nearly three-quarters of a year
ago, this writer suggested that Obama follow a different course in order to
achieve his goals. Despite being awarded the Nobel Peace prize, it’s time to
for the White House to recognize that peace requires more homework than either
the president’s team performed, or did the team of his predecessor, despite
genuine good intentions on the part of both groups. After all, we are talking
about the Middle East, where history is measured in millennia and not in single
years or decades. |
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