“We are inundated with analysis in these days of soul-searching, regarding all the important issues that determine our well-being as a country in crisis in a tumultuous Middle East. Everyone seems to have a recipe for a better tomorrow.

For Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the magic wand is better hasbara – if we would just succeed to tell the world the “truth,” we would convince it to support Israel, except for Muslims and anti-Semites of course. From foreign policy to speechology.

For President Mahmoud Abbas the remedy for all the grievances of the Palestinians is the international community and the UN, from bilateral peace talks to multilateral gatherings.

For Egypt’s new, temporary leadership, which is facing growing social-political frustration from the Tahrir youth and calls to cancel the peace treaty with Israel, the path is to create almost an impossible coalition of opposing forces, of military rule, Muslim Brotherhood and pro-democracy forces.”

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