Slog - Comments on Advice to Olmert & Abbas from... The Slog! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog Today's headline: The Israelis and the Palestinians (at least those represented by Abbas and Fatah) have resumed peace talks. If I was a betting man, I'd guess the headlines later this week will be about bombs going back and forth between Gaza and Israel. Advice: Don't halt the peace talks when the attacks start. The attacks highlight the very reason for the peace talks. I know Abbas and Olmert think they look bad to their constituencies to be talking to each other while the other side is lobbing bombs, but actually, it will make them look like courageous heroes, it... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:43:07 -0800 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:22:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Good advice - doubt they'll take it.

Time to bring our troops home and relegate the Middle East to the inside business pages of "Energy Sources we don't care about".

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]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992165 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:07 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle We tried that, but gmail is bouncing from their servers, @2.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992273 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:17:05 -0800 Comment by Cascadian This assumes that either Abbas or Olmert really want peace. I'm not so sure--it seems like both support a Palestinian state in name only, with the predictable result that violence will continue from those who oppose a two-state solution entirely and from those who want a Palestinian state that's something other than a de facto Israeli prison.

]]> Cascadian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/advice_to_olmert_abbas_from_the_slog#c992278 News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:19:50 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @4,

Exactly. They welcome the attacks. It gives them the opportunity to grandstand and toss any progress out the window.

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