Washington Watch Articles From 2007
Memo to Candidates:Want a Bump in the Polls?Try MidEast Peace
Despite the acknowledged centrality of Arab-Israeli peace to U.S. interests and Middle East stability, the recently convened peace conference in Annapolis drew scant attention from the sixteen Democratic and Republican party candidates for president.
Countdown toThe November “Conference”
With less than two months remaining before the still-unannounced November date for the Bush Administration’s much-discussed but as yet undefined Middle East Peace “Conference” (or “Meeting”), a lot of heavy lifting remains to be done.
Arab Broadcasters Raise the Bar
Last week I traveled to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to participate in the second Arab Broadcast Forum (ABF).
Carter’s Mideast Message Plays in Iowa
This week I traveled to Iowa. After visiting three cities where I delivered three speeches, met with two newspaper editorial boards, and held meetings with activists and community leaders – I left convinced that a sizable body of voters in Iowa want to work to change U.S. Middle East policy.
A BAD WEEK ON ALL FRONTS
Across the Middle East and North Africa, a series of tragic events occurred this week against the backdrop of still more bad news.