Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Tuesday, November 1, 2005
America's Hamas Dilemma: Spreading Democracy or Combating Terrorism? 

Jerusalem Issue Brief
Institute for Contemporary Affairs
founded jointly at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
with the Wechsler Family Foundation
Vol. 5, No. 8 - 1 November 2005

Dore Gold

* The Bush administration had not agreed for some time with the
Israeli position that Hamas be excluded from the upcoming Palestinian
parliamentary elections. At Princeton University on September 30, 2005,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was absolutely clear that Palestinian
violence could not co-exist with Palestinian politics in the future.

Thursday, May 18, 2006

+++THE DAILY STAR (Lebanon) 17 May '06:
"Expect Arab change from a profusion of baby steps", Rhami G. Khouri

QUOTES FROM TEXT:
"elusive Arab quest for modernity, sustainable development and ...
normalcy in political and national life"

"stability without basic rights, liberties and personal human dignity
quickly transforms into a ...force for stagnation, decay and degenertion"