David Makovsky
David Makovsky
David Makovsky, born June 21, 1960, is the Ziegler distinguished fellow and director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process...
clear israel wing
The right wing in Israel will be the clear beneficiaries of these (Palestinian) elections.
basically clearly criticism dealing essence instead israel motives offensive patriotism president questions turns
It's clearly offensive when the president of Israel makes a criticism and instead of dealing with the essence of the criticism, Netanyahu turns it around and basically questions the motives and patriotism of the president.
clear government key send sharon signal until wants
The key is for the U.S. to send an unambiguous signal that it wants to see a cooling-off period, ... Especially until it is clear what kind of policies, what kind of government Sharon will be able to put together.
capture elections eve public
The public is jaded. They think that on the eve of the elections (Netanyahu) is doing things just to capture headlines.
efforts low march washington
US efforts between now and March may have to be low profile, but Washington need not be dormant.
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That suggests to me that the president wants to make sure that the change is permanent and not subject to tactical sorts of adjustments.
bargaining fence settlers side
The 60,000 settlers on the other side of the fence could become bargaining chips.
iraq issues seems
The administration seems like it's preoccupied with a lot of other issues from Iraq (to Hurricane) Katrina, the economy.
basic invest political view
I think their basic view is, 'When you, the Palestinians, show that you're doing it, we'll get involved. If not we're not going to invest a lot of political capital.' I think that is the message.
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The younger generation wants to see specialists, and doesn't believe everyone can move from job to job. The younger generation is more technocratic. The tendency of the old generals is to base the merits of people's worth on where they fought.
earthquake hard middle
This is an earthquake in the Middle East. It's hard to see any negotiations now between anybody.
alienated basically freeze peace process woo
He has basically got to freeze the peace process to woo back alienated right-wing voters.
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He wants to demonstrate that under his leadership there will be no compromises over Jerusalem. If the Palestinians choose to confront him, he will use them essentially as props to say, like his campaign slogan, that he's a 'strong leader for a strong nation,'
country team
If his team is not on board, how is the country going to be on board?