Musings of a modern guy

This has got to be the shortest peace effort in years. Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been preaching peace and settlement for the past few years, probably took on his toughest effort; getting Hamas to say we do ‘recognize Israel’. So it was good to hear him come out and say triumphantly that Hamas […]

Israel has suffered for long due to the number of crude rockets fired from Gaza. A city that suffers the most is Sderot, a city only 1 km from Gaza and well within the range of these rockets. In another of these rocket attacks, the Israeli army has now suffered serious damage, with a […]

So, the day finally arrived when Tony Blair finally got pushed out of the Prime Minister’s job by Gordon Brown, his closest associate for quite some time. In the jostling over this position for the past 1-2 years, Brown finally managed to make his way to the coveted 10, Downing Street Home, and Blair got […]

Tony Blair is all set to be kicked out of office. In a deal with Gordon Brown, Blair will finally exit the British Prime Minister’s position on June 27th. He is still young, young enough that he will not want to just retire. Well, here is a proposed solution; a just that is very challenging, […]

Well, it’s official. The takeover by Hamas of the Gaza strip; the executions of Fatah men and the bloody fighting got Abbas to burn the bridges with Hamas, and the Palestinian lands are now divided. And Israel has cemented this division, by attacking Hamas in the Gaza strip and opening contacts with the new Palestinian […]

The situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank has become more clearer, although not more rational. The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, dissolved the Hamas led joint government, and swore in an emergency cabinet led by Salam Fayyad, who is a technocrat. The aim being to form a Government that is acceptable to the international […]