Gibbs on Abbas Quitting: Meh

The moderate leader of the Palestinian Authority announces that he’s not going to stand for re-election — largely because doing the Obama administration a solid has wrecked his political standing — and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, as a man once put it, files his nails while More…

Rice to Israel: Peace Process Now, Please

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice gave a speech in Israel yesterday urging that peace demands more than “lip service,” an unsubtle dig at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Augustinian approach. She singled out President Shimon Peres, a leading peace-processor, for praise:

“As President Peres always reminds us, being serious about

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