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Clinton in Sharm el Sheik*

The Secretary of State continues in her attempts to push the ball forward on the Middle East Peace Process. I generally avoid issues relating to Israel and the Palestinians like the plague, but last winter, I edited a volume trying to imagine how one might construct an international force to midwife a Palestinian state. You can read the report here (.pdf). I particularly recommend Marc Lynch's chapter at the end for you MEPP junkies.

*Gah! I can't believe I just blindly followed the way NYT transliterated شرم الشيخ‎ into "Sharm el Sheik". I'm losing it, gang. "Sharm el-Sheikh" is correct.

Israel, Palestine

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez21BTosMR4 ( أحمر بالخط العريض ـ شقة مازن عبدالجواد في جده )

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/24/saudi.sex.braggart.journal... (1,000 lashes, plus 5 yrs/ 60 lashes for the fixer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQCfp5kvmI ( المرأة الحديدية أول عربية تمارس رياضة كمال الأجسام )

Jordanian body-builder Farah Malhass is seen training at a gym in Amman. Malhass is set on winning notoriety as a body-builder, but she faces more than physical challenges in her native Jordan, where social prejudice sits uneasily with this strange brand of feminism.

"[...the Afghans'] mistake

"[...the Afghans'] mistake was that they wanted to live as a sovereign nation." Shershah over at Registan - . Afghanistan, Now or Never: Operations in the Post-Surge AfPak Theater, comment #388217.

That is a common "mistake", one with which the U.S. has first hand familiarity - although the passage of several hundred years seems to have obscured the connection. Or perhaps it is that we, as a nation, still barely understand the meaning of liberty.

The 'promise' of nationalism as developed and promulgated by various interests in the 19th and 20th centuries, most particularly by the Zionists of Europe, undoubtedly inspired the political imagination of many in areas not yet industrialized. The mistake made was not by those disappointed in their aspirations, but by those who believed the colonial model of European privilege could be sustained.

In the current 'peace' negotiations, the most significant difference between Israel and Palestine is that the sovereignty of the first is recognized, while that of the second is not. Israel's lack of interest in an end to conflict is demonstrated by the negotiating stance that acknowledgment of the ethnotheocratic nature of its State is meaningful, so much so as to be a precondition to peace.

The demand that a political entity acknowledge the cultural characteristics of the majority population of another, or face annihilation, is unreasonable.

Without context, it would be nonsensical. Given the context of the situation, it is an abuse of power.

Read Jerusalem Post commonet

Read Jerusalem Post commonet section to see the ugly face of the Israeli side...

yes and exum has a long and

yes and exum has a long and demonstrated record of profeciency in arabic

Tsk tsk..... the correct IC

Tsk tsk..... the correct IC transliteration is Sharm Al-Shaykh - there are no E's, O's or moon letters either!

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