Bush's Five Fatal Mideast Mistakes
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Analysis: The U.S. president may have had noble aims, but his administration's policies have helped push the region toward catastrophe
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President Bush that the U.S. and its Arab allies must join together to confront the danger âbefore itâs too late.â
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OPINIÃN (*)The Legacy: Yasir Arafat has been a disaster for the Palestinians, for Israelis, and for hopes of peace in the region.
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President Bush travels to Europe and the Middle East on Monday to seek help with the two biggest problems dogging his presidency: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Comment
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Just when President Bush was trying to accentuate the positive in Iraq and declare a new beginning in the war on terror, a rash of bad news comes from multiple fronts in the global struggle.
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The escalation of conflict over the Palestinian enclave is bad news for both Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert
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With public attention focused elsewhere, the Bush administration is letting Middle East peace hopes disappear. Israelis rightly complain that peace requires a partner, a role that Yasser Arafat has been pathetically incapable of filling so far.
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In September, President Bush reasserted his commitment to the &quot;road map&quot; for Middle East peace, launched in 2003 to achieve a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement by 2005.
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As the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks nears, President Bush is finding it increasingly hard to make good on foreign-policy promises or threats. The biggest source of his frustration is the "axis of evil" &#151; Iran, North Korea and Iraq &#151; that he warned four years ago imperiled world peace.
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JERUSALEM -- President Bush's declared intention to refocus on the Middle East by sponsoring a peace conference this fall won cautious endorsement yesterday from Israeli, Palestinian, and other Arab leaders who will be invited. But many in the region questioned what it could achieve.
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Bush tries to paint Abbas's defeat in Gaza as a new opportunity for peace. But is he throwing good money after bad?
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RAMALLAH, West Bank In a televised speech, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, admitted Wednesday that he and his Palestinian Authority had made serious mistakes, but Palestinian legislators pressing for reform said that his comments were too vague ...
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Israel's president apologized Wednesday for what he called the "accidental" killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers, but said the deaths occurred because Palestinian militants hid among civilians ...
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Viewpoint: The Bush Administration appears unable to play Washington's traditional crisis-management role in the Middle East. That may be because it doesn't talk to Israel's enemies
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CAIRO - The prospect of George W Bush spending four more years in the White House drew mixed reactions and a dose of caution in the troubled Middle East.
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WASHINGTON &#151; More than two years ago, President Bush cut off all U.S. contact with Yasser Arafat, considering him failed and corrupt. He never invited the Palestinian leader to the White House even as he held out hopes of helping the Palestinians achieve statehood.
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It's not just the failure of Condi Rice's summit. Many factors have made it less likely that Israelis and Palestinians will ever live side by side as separate nations