"Now that Obama has raised the pressure on the Israelis when it comes to settlement freeze, it's time to start raising pressure on the Arab states for something in return," said Ghaith al-Omari, a former negotiator for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president.
"But for the Palestinian leadership that has invested in…engagement with Washington, they're going to have make some decisions now about how they move forward with an administration that is not even going to pretend when it comes to settlement expansion," Munayyer added.
She will need all of her talents to argue the case for the agency's approach to justice.When Jed Rakoff, a federal judge (pictured), decided in November 2011 to reject a $285m settlement between the SEC and Citicorp, it was widely seen as an interesting but quixotic move: when it came to settlements by government agencies, courts were seen as rubber stamps.
Aides to the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, are far more grounded but their political base includes extremists, and when it comes to Israeli settlements in occupied territory, they, too, sound as if they are from a distant planet.
IF board members kept as tight a grip on the corporate purse as Wall Street executives do when it comes to reaching settlements with disgruntled female employees, executive pay might not be out of control in America.
Chrysler, now owned by a private-equity group, might prove a tougher nut, but the tendency in the past has been for the three carmakers to fly in close formation when it comes to contract settlements.If so, the prospects for the Big Three will look brighter than they have for many years.
"Rabbi Mamo and I both live in Gush Etzion [a group of settlements south of Bethlehem] and we believe that when it comes to community-oriented settlements, there are none that can compare with Alon Shvut and Karmei Tzur [both in Gush Etzion], which said they would be willing to absorb the new immigrants".
GLAD to see the back of Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinians are now struck with the fear that Israel's new boss, Ehud Barak, may not be entirely dissimilar to its old when it comes to dealing with Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
The sandy ramata landscapes, which tend to form piles of soil due to soil movements, are also avoided when it comes to locating pastoral settlements.
The United States should stop merely talking when it comes to the entire settlement project and immediately take action.
