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The Brian Lehrer Show

The Middle Ground on The Middle East

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Rami Khouri, editor-at-large for The Daily Star and director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon, and David Makovsky, a senior fellow and director of The Washington Institute's Project on the Middle East Peace Process, now in Jordan, give the Middle Eastern perspective on the Annapolis Peace Accords.


Comments

  • [1] Norman from New York November 28, 2007 - 10:39AM

    The Washington Institute is pretty right-wing. Their board of advisors include Richard Perle. Here's the whole list:

    http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=133
  • [2] barry from Manhattan November 28, 2007 - 11:16AM

    Yea, it seems recently the "right" is more interested in peace between the parties than

    the "left"

    weird huh
  • [3] Jason Eskenazi from Queens November 28, 2007 - 11:20AM

    I taught 12 Palestinian and 12 Jewish kids photography in Jerusalem's old city. They live a stone throws away from each other but know nothing of each others lives. I showed them, through their photos. They were fascinated. Tolerance starts with teaching the kids. Change starts from bottom up, not policy down.

    www.kids-with-cameras.org/jerusalem
  • [4] Bruce A. Craig from nyc November 28, 2007 - 11:29AM

    I understand that one premise is a Jewish state. To what extent does the Bible control the Jewish position on the land.
  • [5] asroma from westchester November 28, 2007 - 11:32AM

    Can the Temple Mount as it is important to many religions be declared a world heritage site and controlled by the UN?
  • [6] Norman from New York November 28, 2007 - 11:35AM

    Actually Makovsky isn't as extreme as I would have expected from his affiliation.

    He's not giving much weight to the Settler view of "God told us that we must settle this land and not give up one inch."


  • [7] Sol from Mt. Kisco, NY November 28, 2007 - 11:44AM

    Feh. Because "God" is a factor in this whole mess, it will NEVER be resolved. Not in Oslo, not in Camp David, not in Anapolis, not in our lifetime. It is a war of religion. It is a war of what God said and who he said it to. Unless the clouds part and a giant finger points down and yells "Cut the s---!" this will never be settled.
  • [8] Robert from NYC November 28, 2007 - 11:51AM

    I find it odd that an earlier comment of mine appeared here and now is gone!!?

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  • [9] One of the people November 28, 2007 - 12:52PM

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  • [10] Allison from Park Slope November 28, 2007 - 02:34PM

    If the issue is about the size of Israel, then we have a straightforward border problem, like Alsace-Lorraine or Texas. That is to say, not easy, but possible to solve in the long run, and to live with in the meantime.

    If, on the other hand, the issue is the existence of Israel, then clearly it is insoluble by negotiation. There is no compromise position between existing and not existing, and no conceivable government of Israel is going to negotiate on whether that country should or should not exist.
  • [11] Allison from Park Slope November 28, 2007 - 02:45PM

    Of course another issue is whether there should be the creation of a new Palestinian state - given that there already is a Palestinan state in jordan and which is one of the 22 member countries of the Arab league and 56 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Countries...

    more importantly, does the world really need another terrorist state?

    I don't think so. And given the Hamas/Fath daily shootings - I don't think getting a state will do anything but enable more terror internally + externally.
  • [12] kathryn markel from NYC November 28, 2007 - 09:58PM

    Thought this was a wonderful program today and like Brian - was so happy to hear a tone of calm rationality from both sides. Re Jerusalem - we should turn it all over to Disney. Can you imagine? Clean, organized and open to everyone with bucks. And everyone has access. Honestly, there must be some objective UN- like entity that everyone will trust to run the religious sites of Jerusalem. But they should be open to all.

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