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March 2, 2010

The Palestinian Graveyard Spin

Palestinian outrage over Israel\’s declaration of the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel\’s Tomb as national shrines, has the aura of true political farce about it. Palestinian national identity has been wounded; the concept of national co-existence has been assaulted and the very basis of common diplomatic civility has been upended. Saeb Erekat, that master of Palestinian spin, has stated: “The unilateral decision to make Palestinian sites in Hebron and Bethlehem part of Israel shows there is no genuine partner for peace, but an occupying power intent on consolidating Palestinian land. \” Not to be outdone, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has engaged in his own form of sabre rattling, threatening war over the move.

Hotheaded Rahm Emanuel may be White House voice of reason

Rahm Emanuel is officially a Washington caricature. He\’s the town\’s resident leviathan, a bullying, bruising White House chief of staff who is a prime target for the failings of the Obama administration.

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