Middle East & North Africa / Op-Ed/Article
Bush and Blair, lost in Palestine and Israel
24/07/2007 By Mariano Aguirre Ernst
Bush's initiative and the appointment of Tony Blair to lead the Quartet are in fact ways to isolate Hamas, and to make more time to finish the construction of the israeli wall and come to a solution to the political crisis the hebrew state is living.
The, two scenerios are possible. One, to put pressure on Abbas' Government to accept a Palestinian state fragmented in West bank and Gaza, and also that the reffugees will never return neither the Jerusalem status will be negotiated.
The other scenario is to continue living for many decades with permanent war 'policy'.
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Civil war Conflict EU Foreign Policy European Union Gaza Strip and West Bank Israel MEPP Middle East United States USBio author: Mariano Aguirre Ernst
Mariano Aguirre has been Director of the Centro de Investigación para la Paz, in Madrid, and Coordinator of programmes on peace and conflicts at the Ford Foundation, in New York. Mariano Aguirre publishes articles in various media in Spain and internationally such as OpenDemocracy, Le monde diplomatique, El Correo, La Vanguardia, Maniere de voir, AlertNet, Enjeux Internationaux, Temas, El País, Política Exterior, Debate, BBC World Service, Radio Netherland, Radio Nacional de España, Radio France International, Mediterranean Politics and CNN Spain.


