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Like our page on facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Challenge-Online-Magazine/121389134601913) TALKING POLITICS Abu Mazen shuffles the deck by Yacov Ben Efrat For one short moment, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has managed to bring everyone together not merely reconciling Fatah and Hamas, but completely uniting the Israeli government which, many thought, was on the verge of collapse. People still remember Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman saying hed prefer new elections over the release of Arab-Israeli prisoners, and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett threatening that his party, Habayit Hayehudi, would leave the coalition if any of these were freed. Day and night the teams negotiated Tzipi Livni, Saeb Erekat and US mediator Martin Indyk seeking the magic formula which would enable the talks to continue and ensure the government coalitions unity. Commentators regurgitated the official line that this was impossible, because Abu Mazen was not only insisting on the release of all prisoners as promised, including Israeli Arabs, but also added two new conditions: talks on the future borders and a three-month freeze on settlement construction. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus response was immediate: Abu Mazen doesnt want peace! For Full Article Credit to Yacov Ben Efrat Challenge online http://www.challenge-mag.com/ ____________________________________________________________ STOP eating carbs #1 Trick to do BEFORE you eat carbs (every time) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5360dde7e01ac5de726eest01vuc _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
