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February 8, 2008

Middle East News: World Press Roundup

The Washington Post (1) and BBC (2) monitor ongoing developments in Gaza. Reuters reports on Salam Fayyad’s view of the near future (3). MJ Rosenberg offers advice for future negotiations (5). Daniel Kurtzer discusses America’s role in the negotiations. In domestic news, The Daily Star’s Ghassan Rubiez analyzes Super Tuesday from an Arab-American perspective (8) while Shmuel Rosner discusses John McCain’s Israel policy(10).


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Egyptian President Views Gaza Border Crisis, Iran Ties, Mideast

Media Outlet: 
Bbc News
Article Type: 
Interview
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://fiservsw.portalvault.com/Default.aspx?pageMode=control&pageModeType=NewsA... [6]

Text of report by Italian leading privately-owned centre-left newspaper La Repubblica, on 31 January

[Interview with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak by Nicola Lombardozzi and Alix Van Buren in Cairo on 30 January: "'Israel Will Not Offload Gaza On to Us'"]



Palestinian Pm Sees No '08 Israel Accord

Article Author(s): 
Ed Stoddard
Media Outlet: 
Reuters
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0741722320080208?feedType=RSS&feed... [7]

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Thursday a lasting peace accord with Israel was unlikely in 2008 despite renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve the long-running conflict.

In an interview with Reuters in the Texas capital, Austin, where he is on a private visit, he highlighted the lack of progress on the issue of Israeli settlements and military incursions into the West Bank as among the chief obstacles in the "road map" to peace and Palestinian statehood.



Israel Trims Gaza Electricity, Prompting Warning From U.s.

Article Author(s): 
Isabel Kershner
Media Outlet: 
International Herald Tribune
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/08/mideast/mideast.php [8]

Israel has begun reducing the amount of electricity it sells to Gaza as part of sanctions against continued rocket fire, Israeli officials said Friday. The move prompted a warning from the United States not to "worsen the humanitarian situation" of civilians in Gaza, and was followed by the firing of yet more rockets at Israel by militants there.



Usip Report: Ten Pieces Of Advice For #44

Article Author(s): 
M.J. Rosenberg
Media Outlet: 
Israel Policy Forum
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.ipforum.org/display.cfm?id=6&Sub=15 [9]

The latest news from the region is that once again the Israelis are reducing the supply of electricity to Gaza, in response to increased Hamas attacks in Israel. The cutbacks come despite the fact that the policy of punishing the general population has been repeatedly tried and failed, and despite a strong warning from the Bush administration. 



Hamas' Strategic Defeat

Article Author(s): 
Dror Ze’evi
Media Outlet: 
Ynetnews
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3503767,00.html [10]

Ever since the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections, the Hamas movement has boasted a series of impressive tactical victories. These wins started with the elections victory over Fatah and continued with the rapid takeover of the Gaza Strip, the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, the “candle operation” aimed at forcing Israel to boost the supply of electricity to the Strip, and finally, the breaching of the Rafah border wall and the lifting of the siege.

 



Revitalizing Diplomacy

Media Outlet: 
Common Ground News Service
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=22545&lan=en&sid=0&sp=0&isNew=1 [11]

Daniel Kurtzer



Arab-american Thoughts On Super Tuesday

Article Author(s): 
Ghassan Rubeiz
Media Outlet: 
The Daily Star
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=8877... [12]

American politics have become intimately tied to Arab politics since 9/11 and the start of the war in Iraq. According to a 2007 Zoghby poll, 61 percent of Arab-American voters mentioned Iraq as the top issue in the current presidential election contest. The same number of Arab-Americans also ranked "Palestine" as being very important for them as an election issue.



Opportunity In Sight For A Peaceful Offensive On Defiant Sides

Article Author(s): 
Raghida Dergham
Media Outlet: 
Raghidadergham.com
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.raghidadergham.com/4rdcolumn.html [13]

On the Lebanese and Palestinian fronts surface indicators of a new and beneficial impetus, one that requires responsible assessment of the available opportunities and courage to adopt peaceful offensive strategies. The UN Undersecretary Nicholas Michel spoke about the impossibility of using Lebanon's international tribunal - aimed at punishing the parties involved in political assassinations in Lebanon - in any political tradeoff. These are extremely important words as they coincide with the UN commitment to end the era of impunity.



Mccain Found A Tool With Which To Woo Conservative Republicans: Israel

Article Author(s): 
Shmuel Rosner
Media Outlet: 
Haaretz
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=952529&contrassID=25&... [14]

There's been a lot of talk lately about John McCain's problem with the more conservative (and religious) right wing of the Republican Party. In Super Tuesday McCain won among self-identified conservatives in only three of the nine states that were covered by the exit polls I looked at. His real strength is among moderates.



Open The Rafah Crossing

Media Outlet: 
Haaretz
Article Type: 
Editorial
Date: 
February 8, 2008
Source Link(s): 
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=952341&contrassID=2&subCon... [15]

Following a brief and sporadic hiatus, the cycle of violence recently resumed on both sides in the Gaza Strip. During the past three days, Israel killed at least 16 Palestinians, and heavy barrages of rockets slammed into Sderot and other communities bordering Gaza in response to Israel's retaliation for the suicide bombing in Dimona. The Israel Defense Forces used ground and air forces in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.

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