Finally! Someone has dared to ask!
From The Washington Note, Clemons calls upon the democratic presidential candidates, in particular Obama, telling him that the time may have come for him to address the Mideast issues.
And what about the real issue in the Middle East? Israel and Palestine?
November will be a big month for the Middle East with November 15th being the date of release of Mohammed ElBaradei’s next IAEI report on Iran — and the Israel/Palestine Peace Summit will take place in Annapolis in a few weeks.
Helping to call for an end to the “fake efforts” in establishing Palestine and using his political weight to make the point that the only pro-Israel strategy for this country is not one that forsakes the Arabs in the region, or the Palestinians who have legitimate grievances that must be dealt with. – Link
À suivre
On another note, but also related to the Israel/Palestine question, Clemons is none too happy with the democratic supporters of torture in the house, i.e. Schumer & Feinstein. Schumer gets slammed here. – [via Gorilla in the room]
For the candidates, too hot to handle. None of them will risk getting on the wrong side of AIPAC and the 120 PACs it controls.
If the Annapolis conference ever takes place, Israel will and has refused to discuss any of the specific problems that must be settled for a Palestinian nation to emerge, and I am not talking about another bantustan offer ala Camp David/Taba. The main issues are: borders, settlements, East Jerusalem, and the refugees. Israel wants no part of this, and is apparently waiting for this administration, along with Rice, to fold and to be saved by Hillary. Like Bill, she will try to pacify the Palestinians with bread.