As President Bush and acting PM Olmert continue to look like the least democratic leaders imaginable, there is at least one person in the Middle East advocating some real solutions. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s recent column includes some excellent suggestions about building peace in the region. His recommendations to stop supporting the region’s autocrats and engaging [...]
Entries from February 2006
20 February 2006
Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Think whatever you will about Israel and the Palestinians, but Israel’s decision to withhold collected taxes from the Palestinian Authority is wrong. Israel claims that since Hamas is a terrorist organization, it will not give it any of the money that Israel collects from Palestinians in the form of taxes and customs dues. This is [...]
20 February 2006
Fieldston and the Middle East
There was an article in Friday’s NY Times about a controversy at Fieldston. The school had originally scheduled a panel with two Palestinians to discuss their solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As word of the panel spread, it seems some angry alumni and donors started complaining about the nature of the panel and the lack [...]
4 February 2006
Back at it
It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have a tendency to get caught up in schoolwork and reading, so I sometimes forget to take care of other things. The past few days have been an unexpected break. Friends Seminary was closed on Thursday and Friday because of an unidentified odor. I took [...]
