Archive for October, 2008

Ehud Olmert’s Change of Mind

Monday, October 13th, 2008

“We must reach an agreement with the Palestinians, the essence of which is that we shall actually withdraw from almost all the territories, if not from all the territories.”  -   Ehud Olmert
For years Israel has followed the policy of “creating facts on the ground”.  They have built settlements in the West Bank with utter disregard [...]

Compare Strategic Interests of Jordan and Egypt

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

For Egypt and Jordan, peace with their neighbors and security on their borders are both high on their priority list.  Both countries have officially make peace with Israel, Egypt in 1978 and Jordan more recently in 1994.  Both of these peace agreements were partially brokered by the United States and it is certainly within the [...]