George Bush in Jerusalem: Not Too Late for a Legacy
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Just look at Annapolis. The reason why Abbas, the reason why Olmert, will be unpopular taking any stand in favor of "the deal" is because they know each of them are going to have to split their country, as it were, to get it. Olmert does not want to take on his rightists, including the vast majority of the people of Jerusalem, in order to sell a deal which is supposed to be good for them and the other side. After all the European Community, the European Union is this big mixed up thing. Seeing this brings back a lot of memories, and really puts me in the holiday spirit. Everybody knows that Egypt could be next." Avishai is a tough analyst and an incorrigible optimist who leaves you believing not so much in George Bush's late "legacy" play but in the complexity of local logics driving toward a resolution. We need help. You know, people are starting to see in this country, (I'm talking about the educated elites in this country, really, but even people whose politics wouldn't be reflected in their love of this movie) ...That puts his opposition on the defensive. We need to go for help.Bernard Avishai, in conversation with Open Source, January 10, 2008
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That plea for help is front-and-center in the compact power-point primer for Bush & Company on Bernard Avishai's blog. The film, Bernie writes, is "the best proof we have that, for ordinary people, peace is already here."The reason why this movie is so powerful and so loved is, I think, we're sort of past these rather stale notions of national self determination and so on. This site has a game you can play, with clues and riddles to follow. Otherwise the opposition says: you want to do this deal for those Palestinians who are sending missiles into Ashkelon. Use this code or download the video:Related Content:
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We need more Dr. Nobody trusts the other side. Kissinger and less Dr. Olmert has got to be able to go to the Israeli people and say: look, it's not me, it's America. We need help, brother. And in our conversation today (with The New York Times' Steven Erlanger) Avishai explains why the plea goes unavoidably to the President of the United States. For a limited amount of time, you could save up to 70% on popular software titles for your Mac. Once those deals of the day are finished, they are archived, and you can still save 10%. Abbas does not want to take on his Islamists and radicals and so on, the people running Gaza, he doesn't want to take them on for the sake of the goodwill of the other side. It's in America's interest. George Bush may be considered -- particulary at home -- a weak figure and abroad he may be hated by many people. Whatever you thought of the Annapolis meeting, the United States snapped its fingers and within a week got 49 countries to come to Washington, including the Saudi foreign minister and the Syrian deputy foreign minister. We know already that there are human beings on the other side. MacSantaDeals is posting five new deals every day, that you can save 20% on! That was power. So there may be some unexpected comfort in this candid conversation. And that third force can only be America.Bernie Avishai wonders if President Bush ever reflects that as the occupying power in Iraq, he is effectively a member of the Arab League, in which his mostly Sunni Moslem colleagues "desperately want to get the Arab-Israeli conflict behind them, because it's roiling their streets, and the biggest problem is Egypt.Steven Erlanger, in conversation with Open Source, January 10, 2008
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My friend Bernard Avishai suggests on his bracing, clarifying blog from Jerusalem that everybody traveling with President Bush in the Mideast this week should stop and see a popular Israeli movie, "The Band's Visit." It's about an Egyptian policemen's marching band from Alexandria that finds itself by mistake in a forlorn Israeli desert community, and then about the bandleader and the woman who welcomes him, unpacking their humanity and their love for one another. And I think we are hungry here for us to be snapped out of this war, because we know that it doesn't take much for the escalation to start, and the polarization to start, and once that happens you start demonizing the other side all over again. It's hard not to see it staring you in front of your nose every single day. Santa put this on our first computer that we actually received for Christmas when I was a kid… our old Commodore64.Bernard Avishai
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Software and the holidays go hand in hand. Well, now I want to tell you about another site. The video that is playing right now on my monitor is found on YouTube. The world wants it. We can't have distance between ourselves and the United States. Phil here. That power has not disappeared. I actually won a free copy of WireTap Pro, simply by playing along! We need to do this because the Americans need it. And that's exactly why we need help. We're tired of this. We cannot defy American interests over this. There are great deals to be had, if you just look for them. There are many great deals to be found this time of year online. Steve Erlanger notes that Bill Clinton was even later than Bush in bearing down on the Palestinian-Israeli puzzle. So, don’t worry if you’re just now discovering it, and the title you wanted has already been on special. Today, I want to let you know about a great site to save up to 20% on Mac Software this season.
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Bernard Avishai, in conversation with Open Source, January 10, 2008
