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May 3, 2011
U.S. believes it can now destroy al-Qaida after killing bin Laden
The United States will aim to destroy al-Qaida\’s central organization now that its leader Osama bin Laden has been killed and its capabilities degraded by U.S. operations, a top White House adviser said on Tuesday.
CIA director: U.S. was concerned Pakistan may ‘alert targets’ before bin Laden operation
U.S. officials were concerned that Pakistan could jeopardize the Osama bin Laden operation and \”might alert the targets,\” CIA Director Leon Panetta said on Tuesday.
Jerusalem center receives $12.5 million grant to launch college
Jerusalem’s Shalem Center said it has received a $12.5 million challenge grant in its effort to establish what the center is billing as Israel’s first liberal arts college. The gift, from the New York-based Tikvah Fund, will match other donations during the college’s first four years up to $12.5 million.
Netanyahu, in meeting with Blair, urges Abbas to nix unity pact
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Mahmoud Abbas to abandon a unity agreement with Hamas during a meeting with Quartet envoy Tony Blair. The Palestinian Authority president\’s Fatah party and Hamas, along with several other Palestinian factions, inked the reconciliation agreement Tuesday in Cairo. A formal signing of the Egypt-brokered unity agreement is scheduled for Wednesday.
For Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hamas’ pen is mightier than bin Laden bullet
The pen that launched the reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is likely to have more of an impact on U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than the bullet that ended Osama bin Laden’s life. In at least one respect, Sunday’s raid in Pakistan could have an indirect consequence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to experts: President Obama could try to capitalize on the boost he’s getting from bin Laden’s death to advance a peace process that Israelis and Palestinians have left fallow.
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