Comments on: Obama Mideast Watch: Ross vs. Kurtzer http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/ A blog about life in the hottest and holiest region in the world. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Obama Mideast Watch: “Where’s Dennis?” :: The Middle East Blog - TIME.com http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Obama Mideast Watch: “Where’s Dennis?” :: The Middle East Blog - TIME.com Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-877 [...] to be his Arab-Israeli mediator: Obama, the thinking goes, has decided to employ a more distinctly even-handed approach to the Middle East conflict, and Ross is widely seen as having favored an approach that tilted [...] [...] to be his Arab-Israeli mediator: Obama, the thinking goes, has decided to employ a more distinctly even-handed approach to the Middle East conflict, and Ross is widely seen as having favored an approach that tilted [...]

]]> By: Time » Blog Archive » Obama Mideast Watch: Still Making Sense http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Time » Blog Archive » Obama Mideast Watch: Still Making Sense Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:51:03 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-490 [...] is making it clear the Middle East will be a top priority from day one. A big question remains who he’s going to tap to be his most trusted Middle East advisor/envoy/whatever. Here’s [...] [...] is making it clear the Middle East will be a top priority from day one. A big question remains who he’s going to tap to be his most trusted Middle East advisor/envoy/whatever. Here’s [...]

]]> By: The Middle East Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Obama Mideast Watch: Still Making Sense « http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-479 The Middle East Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Obama Mideast Watch: Still Making Sense « Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:32:59 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-479 [...] is making it clear the Middle East will be a top priority from day one. A big question remains who he's going to tap to be his most trusted Middle East advisor/envoy/whatever. Here's what he told [...] [...] is making it clear the Middle East will be a top priority from day one. A big question remains who he's going to tap to be his most trusted Middle East advisor/envoy/whatever. Here's what he told [...]

]]> By: guatemalanska http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-456 guatemalanska Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:05:09 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-456 I do hope Mr. Obama takes this last slaughter of Palestinians by Israel as a signal to be firm with the leadership of the Israeli state. What kind of beings are we that we just watch how women and children are massacred with planes and bombs and soldiers and still give the murderers the right to commit such horrors? The Democratic party's idea of a House resolution in favor of Israel's attack is a travesty of justice. Have the democrats gone mad? Are the lives of helpless Palestinian women and children worth nothing? Do these so called "Democrats" know that the Israeli army put over 100 women and children in a house and that afterward they proceeded to bomb the house? Is Ms. Pelossi aware of the message she and her colleagues are sending to the world? Do Americans in need of help deserve any kind of mercy after this crazy idea of supporting the horrors committed against helpless human beings? I trust that Mr. Obama is going to have the strength of character to stop giving a blank check to Israel, not only because it is the right thing to do but also because neglecting to do so is giving a green light to the continuation of violence and terrorism in the region and everywhere else. Blindness to the horrors committed by the Israelis is not in the interest of the US any more. It was a very cynical move on the part of the Israeli leadership to use Mr. Obama's words about protecting his daughters if his home was attacked. He was campaigning at the time and he must regret his words then, because he did not explain how he would react if he and his family were living under occupation, in extreme poverty, without the security of a job, education for his children or even knowledge of where their next meal would come from. What would he do if he where living with the anguish that at any moment he and his family would be driven from their home by force under the threat of death? The Israeli leaders obviously want to create multiple problems for the Obama administration. They want it entangled trying to fix outbreaks of violence everywhere to keep from concentrating on fixing the Palestinian/Israeli question. The Israeli leadership never approved of Mr. Obama's candidacy and they approve even less of his election. Unfortunately the Israeli tactic of embarrassing and hurting Mr. Obama by using his words as acceptance of the present slaughter in Gaza seems to have worked, at least with Al Qaeda. One of the Al Qaeda's leaders has put the blame of this last Israeli atrocity squarely on Mr. Obama. No wonder the new American President has not said much about the current conflict. He has learned the hard way that the words of a powerful but controversial man can come back to hunt him in the most terrible way. If Mr. Obama does not force Israel to respect international law and work towards a two state solution he will go down in history not only as the first Black American President but also as another failed, biased and unjust leader that chose to continue with the same misguided policies. He should have a talk with another man that could have been great but who traded his good name and the respect he personally commanded for the misguided policies of the Bush administration. That man is General Powell. Dina Bern I do hope Mr. Obama takes this last slaughter of Palestinians by Israel as a signal to be firm with the leadership of the Israeli state.
What kind of beings are we that we just watch how women and children are massacred with planes and bombs and soldiers and still give the murderers the right to commit such horrors? The Democratic party's idea of a House resolution in favor of Israel's attack is a travesty of justice. Have the democrats gone mad? Are the lives of helpless Palestinian women and children worth nothing? Do these so called "Democrats" know that the Israeli army put over 100 women and children in a house and that afterward they proceeded to bomb the house? Is Ms. Pelossi aware of the message she and her colleagues are sending to the world? Do Americans in need of help deserve any kind of mercy after this crazy idea of supporting the horrors committed against helpless human beings?
I trust that Mr. Obama is going to have the strength of character to stop giving a blank check to Israel, not only because it is the right thing to do but also because neglecting to do so is giving a green light to the continuation of violence and terrorism in the region and everywhere else. Blindness to the horrors committed by the Israelis is not in the interest of the US any more.
It was a very cynical move on the part of the Israeli leadership to use Mr. Obama's words about protecting his daughters if his home was attacked. He was campaigning at the time and he must regret his words then, because he did not explain how he would react if he and his family were living under occupation, in extreme poverty, without the security of a job, education for his children or even knowledge of where their next meal would come from. What would he do if he where living with the anguish that at any moment he and his family would be driven from their home by force under the threat of death?
The Israeli leaders obviously want to create multiple problems for the Obama administration. They want it entangled trying to fix outbreaks of violence everywhere to keep from concentrating on fixing the Palestinian/Israeli question. The Israeli leadership never approved of Mr. Obama's candidacy and they approve even less of his election.
Unfortunately the Israeli tactic of embarrassing and hurting Mr. Obama by using his words as acceptance of the present slaughter in Gaza seems to have worked, at least with Al Qaeda. One of the Al Qaeda's leaders has put the blame of this last Israeli atrocity squarely on Mr. Obama.
No wonder the new American President has not said much about the current conflict. He has learned the hard way that the words of a powerful but controversial man can come back to hunt him in the most terrible way.
If Mr. Obama does not force Israel to respect international law and work towards a two state solution he will go down in history not only as the first Black American President but also as another failed, biased and unjust leader that chose to continue with the same misguided policies. He should have a talk with another man that could have been great but who traded his good name and the respect he personally commanded for the misguided policies of the Bush administration. That man is General Powell.
Dina Bern

]]> By: guatemalanska http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-455 guatemalanska Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:02:23 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-455 I do hope Mr. Obama takes this last slaughter of Palestinians by Israel as a signal to be firm with the leadership of the Israeli state. What kind of beings are we that we just watch how women and children are massacred with planes and bombs and soldiers and still give the murderers the right to commit such horrors? The Democratic party's idea of a House resolution in favor of Israel's attack is a travesty of justice. Have the democrats gone mad? Are the lives of helpless Palestinian women and children worth nothing? Do these so called "Democrats" know that the Israeli army put over 100 women and children in a house and that afterward they proceeded to bomb the house? Is Ms. Pelossi aware of the message she and her colleagues are sending to the world? Do Americans in need of help deserve any kind of mercy after this crazy idea of supporting the horrors committed against helpless human beings? I trust that Mr. Obama is going to have the strength of character to stop giving a blank check to Israel, not only because it is the right thing to do but also because neglecting to do so is giving a green light to the continuation of violence and terrorism in the region and everywhere else. Blindness to the horrors committed by the Israelis is not in the interest of the US any more. It was a very cynical move on the part of the Israeli leadership to use Mr. Obama's words about protecting his daughters if his home was attacked. He was campaigning at the time and he must regret his words then, because he did not explain how he would react if he and his family were living under occupation, in extreme poverty, without the security of a job, education for his children or even knowledge of where their next meal would come from. What would he do if he where living with the anguish that at any moment he and his family would be driven from their home by force under the threat of death? The Israeli leaders obviously want to create multiple problems for the Obama administration. They want it entangled trying to fix outbreaks of violence everywhere to keep from concentrating on fixing the Palestinian/Israeli question. The Israeli leadership never approved of Mr. Obama's candidacy and they approve even less of his election. Unfortunately the Israeli tactic of embarrassing and hurting Mr. Obama by using his words as acceptance of the present slaughter in Gaza seems to have worked, at least with Al Qaeda. One of the Al Qaeda's leaders has put the blame of this last Israeli atrocity squarely on Mr. Obama. No wonder the new American President has not said much about the current conflict. He has learned the hard way that the words of a powerful but controversial man can come back to hunt him in the most terrible way. If Mr. Obama does not force Israel to respect international law and work towards a two state solution he will go down in history not only as the first Black American President but also as another failed, biased and unjust leader that chose to continue with the same misguided policies. He should have a talk with another man that could have been great but who traded his good name and the respect he personally commanded for the misguided policies of the Bush administration. That man is General Powell. I do hope Mr. Obama takes this last slaughter of Palestinians by Israel as a signal to be firm with the leadership of the Israeli state.
What kind of beings are we that we just watch how women and children are massacred with planes and bombs and soldiers and still give the murderers the right to commit such horrors? The Democratic party's idea of a House resolution in favor of Israel's attack is a travesty of justice. Have the democrats gone mad? Are the lives of helpless Palestinian women and children worth nothing? Do these so called "Democrats" know that the Israeli army put over 100 women and children in a house and that afterward they proceeded to bomb the house? Is Ms. Pelossi aware of the message she and her colleagues are sending to the world? Do Americans in need of help deserve any kind of mercy after this crazy idea of supporting the horrors committed against helpless human beings?
I trust that Mr. Obama is going to have the strength of character to stop giving a blank check to Israel, not only because it is the right thing to do but also because neglecting to do so is giving a green light to the continuation of violence and terrorism in the region and everywhere else. Blindness to the horrors committed by the Israelis is not in the interest of the US any more.
It was a very cynical move on the part of the Israeli leadership to use Mr. Obama's words about protecting his daughters if his home was attacked. He was campaigning at the time and he must regret his words then, because he did not explain how he would react if he and his family were living under occupation, in extreme poverty, without the security of a job, education for his children or even knowledge of where their next meal would come from. What would he do if he where living with the anguish that at any moment he and his family would be driven from their home by force under the threat of death?
The Israeli leaders obviously want to create multiple problems for the Obama administration. They want it entangled trying to fix outbreaks of violence everywhere to keep from concentrating on fixing the Palestinian/Israeli question. The Israeli leadership never approved of Mr. Obama's candidacy and they approve even less of his election.
Unfortunately the Israeli tactic of embarrassing and hurting Mr. Obama by using his words as acceptance of the present slaughter in Gaza seems to have worked, at least with Al Qaeda. One of the Al Qaeda's leaders has put the blame of this last Israeli atrocity squarely on Mr. Obama.
No wonder the new American President has not said much about the current conflict. He has learned the hard way that the words of a powerful but controversial man can come back to hunt him in the most terrible way.
If Mr. Obama does not force Israel to respect international law and work towards a two state solution he will go down in history not only as the first Black American President but also as another failed, biased and unjust leader that chose to continue with the same misguided policies. He should have a talk with another man that could have been great but who traded his good name and the respect he personally commanded for the misguided policies of the Bush administration. That man is General Powell.

]]> By: Luchtaanvallen op Gaza - Pagina 48 - 9lives http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Luchtaanvallen op Gaza - Pagina 48 - 9lives Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:32:59 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-438 [...] artikel over de keuze voor Midden-Oosten gezant van de VS die Obama moet maken: The Middle East Blog - TIME.com Blog Archive Obama Mideast Watch: Ross vs. Kurtzer Gaat ook over dit conflict. __________________ LRRP http://www.lrrp.be "Our armies do not [...] [...] artikel over de keuze voor Midden-Oosten gezant van de VS die Obama moet maken: The Middle East Blog - TIME.com Blog Archive Obama Mideast Watch: Ross vs. Kurtzer Gaat ook over dit conflict. __________________ LRRP http://www.lrrp.be "Our armies do not [...]

]]> By: SmartRemarks » Palestine on the precipice http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-325 SmartRemarks » Palestine on the precipice Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:11:50 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-325 [...] are critical differences. As Time’s veteran Middle East correspondent Scott MacLeod concisely puts it, “Ross would be a significant disappointment, Kurtzer an excellent [...] [...] are critical differences. As Time’s veteran Middle East correspondent Scott MacLeod concisely puts it, “Ross would be a significant disappointment, Kurtzer an excellent [...]

]]> By: srw12 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-300 srw12 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:26:26 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-300 Why no comment on yesterday's violence? Why no comment on yesterday's violence?

]]> By: LobeLog.com » Blog Archive » “Ross vs. Kurtzer” http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-298 LobeLog.com » Blog Archive » “Ross vs. Kurtzer” Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:56:51 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-298 [...] (and possibly -Arab) portfolio in the Obama administration and the case against Ross in his Dec 23 blog post here. (He fails to mention the possible candidacy of Brookings’ Martin Indyk.) I would add that, [...] [...] (and possibly -Arab) portfolio in the Obama administration and the case against Ross in his Dec 23 blog post here. (He fails to mention the possible candidacy of Brookings’ Martin Indyk.) I would add that, [...]

]]> By: tanboontee http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2008/12/23/obama-mideast-watch-ross-vs-kurtzer/comment-page-1/#comment-297 tanboontee Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:38:39 +0000 http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=701#comment-297 With all the international burning issues confronting the new US president in early 2009, the Middle-east saga will be the most challenging if not the most urgent and profound. Israel’s Foreign Minister has just warned Palestinian that “enough is enough”. Make no mistake, these are the strong words from a likely would-be prime minister, and she means it. Such antagonism from both parties could only foreshadow any chances of further peaceful negotiations in the near future. The intolerance, hatred and mistrust between the Israelis and Palestinians have been too deep rooted to be resolved overnight. For the past six decades, plan after plan for peaceful coexistence had been agreed upon only to be torn or dishonored one after another, often unilaterally. Nobody wants any more unnecessary bloodshed. No matter how, talks must resume and prevail under all circumstances. Would the new administration in Washington be aware of that? Let’s pray so. CHANGE shall it be. (Tan Boon Tee) With all the international burning issues confronting the new US president in early 2009, the Middle-east saga will be the most challenging if not the most urgent and profound.

Israel's Foreign Minister has just warned Palestinian that “enough is enough”. Make no mistake, these are the strong words from a likely would-be prime minister, and she means it. Such antagonism from both parties could only foreshadow any chances of further peaceful negotiations in the near future.

The intolerance, hatred and mistrust between the Israelis and Palestinians have been too deep rooted to be resolved overnight. For the past six decades, plan after plan for peaceful coexistence had been agreed upon only to be torn or dishonored one after another, often unilaterally.

Nobody wants any more unnecessary bloodshed. No matter how, talks must resume and prevail under all circumstances. Would the new administration in Washington be aware of that? Let's pray so. CHANGE shall it be.
(Tan Boon Tee)

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