IF the Middle East were the Middle West, Israel would be free to be Switzerland and its world-class accomplishments would define it as the miracle on the Mediterranean. Such is not its lot. Faced with potential nuclear bombs from Iran and, previously, Syria, Libya and Iraq, chemical and biological weapons, tens of thousands of missiles and too many garden variety terrorists who believe kindergartners are high value targets, Israel must look outside its window warily. We have seen the Arab and Muslim streets erupt before, notably before the Six Day War in 1967 and later in 1979 as our diplomats were captured and humiliated while the throngs of Iranian militants screamed "death to America" and "death to the Jews.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As talks in Amman, Jordan continue, Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East ("Fair Witness") urges Israel and the Palestinian Authority to summon historic political courage and take the steps that are necessary to return to direct peace talks and the successful negotiation of a final status peace agreement. On the Israeli side this would include freezing settlement construction on the West Bank. The status quo is not neutral," according to Rev. Dr. Peter A. Pettit, of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA and Fair Witness Executive Committee member. "It eats away at the dignity and hope that must ground a peace agreement. Therefore, we strongly urge Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to refrain from continued settlement building. We a...
Employment regulations are needed to allow efficient contracting between employers and workers and to protect workers from discriminatory or unfair treatment by employers. In its indicators on , Doing Business measures flexibility in the regulation of hiring, working hours and dismissal in a manner consistent with the conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO). An economy can have the most flexible labor regulations as measured by Doing Business while ratifying and complying with all conventions directly relevant to the factors measured by Doing Business4 and with the ILO core labor standards. No economy can achieve a better score by failing to comply with these conventions. In Africa, Uganda (in 2006), Mozambique (in 2007) and Burkina Faso (in 2008) ena...
...Except for Israel, no economies in the Middle East and North Africa ...
Wilcox reviews Peace in Tatters: Israel, Palestine and the Middle East by Yoram Meital.
Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said Tuesday that fears about Iran have replaced animosity toward Israel as the top concern of governments in the Persian Gulf and the broader Middle East. Mr. Cohen, a former senator from Maine who was the only Republican in President Clinton's Cabinet, from 1997 to 2001, also warned the Obama administration that it would be a "mistake" to promise Russia to scale back plans for a missile-defense shield in Europe before Moscow helps stop Iran's nuclear ambitions. He gently chided top administration officials for recent comments criticizing Russia, which he said needlessly antagonized a Kremlin still resentful of U.S. treatment after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Although the Mideast peace process is important, said Elliott Abrams' invitation, there is something more important in that part of the world. Members of the Friends of Israel initiative are even more concerned about the onslaught of radical Islamism as well as the specter of a nuclear Iran, both of which threaten the entire world," wrote Mr. Abrams, who served in senior positions in two Reagan and three Bush (41 and 43) administrations.
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