2009年 03月 17日
ハマスと対話せよ！ |
イスラエル・ロビー問題がフリーマン事件を期に再燃してきておりますが、以下のようなニュースがありました。これはけっこう重要ですね。
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Top officials urge dialogue with Hamas
By Bryan Bender and Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | March 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Nine former senior US officials and one current adviser are urging the Obama administration to talk with leaders of Hamas to determine whether the militant group can be persuaded to disarm and join a peaceful Palestinian government, a major departure from current US policy.
The bipartisan group, which includes economic recovery adviser Paul A. Volcker and former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, made the recommendation in a letter handed to Obama days before he took office, according to Scowcroft.
The group is preparing to meet this weekend to decide when to release a report outlining a proposed US agenda for talks aimed at bringing all Palestinian factions into the Mid east peace process, according to Henry Siegman, the president of the US/Middle East Project, who brought the former officials together and said the White House promised the group an opportunity to make its case in person to Obama.
Talking to Hamas, which the State Department has designated a terrorist organization, would mark a dramatic reversal for the US government. Longstanding US policy has stipulated that before engaging in any talks, Hamas must renounce violence, recognize Israel, and agree to all previous agreements signed by Palestinian negotiators.
"I see no reason not to talk to Hamas," said Scowcroft, who was national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush.
Siegman said the letter, which was handed to Obama by Volcker but has not been made public, said the administration should "at least explore the possibility" that Hamas, which took control of the Palestinian territory of Gaza after elections in 2006, might be willing to transition into a purely political party and join with its rival, Fatah, which holds the Palestinian presidency in the West Bank.
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スコウクロフト、ヴォルカー、ヘーゲルなどの政府の重鎮たちが超党派の連名で、オバマ大統領に対して「ハマスと対話せよ」という手紙を送ったそうです。
このような一連の事件からわかるのは、
１、いわゆる「イスラエル・ロビー」（“ユダヤ”ロビーではない！）の力がかなり落ちている
２、いわゆる「イスラエル・ロビー」の中での「右派／タカ派」の影響力が相対的に落ちてきている
という二つのどちらかの動きがあるということですよね。いや、どちらも正しいということも言えますな。
そもそもミアシャイマーやウォルトなんかが「イスラエル・ロビー」と騒ぎだして欧米の知識人界でこれだけ話題になるということ自体がロビーの相対的な力の喪失ということも考えられますが（笑
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Top officials urge dialogue with Hamas
By Bryan Bender and Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | March 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Nine former senior US officials and one current adviser are urging the Obama administration to talk with leaders of Hamas to determine whether the militant group can be persuaded to disarm and join a peaceful Palestinian government, a major departure from current US policy.
The bipartisan group, which includes economic recovery adviser Paul A. Volcker and former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, made the recommendation in a letter handed to Obama days before he took office, according to Scowcroft.
The group is preparing to meet this weekend to decide when to release a report outlining a proposed US agenda for talks aimed at bringing all Palestinian factions into the Mid east peace process, according to Henry Siegman, the president of the US/Middle East Project, who brought the former officials together and said the White House promised the group an opportunity to make its case in person to Obama.
Talking to Hamas, which the State Department has designated a terrorist organization, would mark a dramatic reversal for the US government. Longstanding US policy has stipulated that before engaging in any talks, Hamas must renounce violence, recognize Israel, and agree to all previous agreements signed by Palestinian negotiators.
"I see no reason not to talk to Hamas," said Scowcroft, who was national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush.
Siegman said the letter, which was handed to Obama by Volcker but has not been made public, said the administration should "at least explore the possibility" that Hamas, which took control of the Palestinian territory of Gaza after elections in 2006, might be willing to transition into a purely political party and join with its rival, Fatah, which holds the Palestinian presidency in the West Bank.
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スコウクロフト、ヴォルカー、ヘーゲルなどの政府の重鎮たちが超党派の連名で、オバマ大統領に対して「ハマスと対話せよ」という手紙を送ったそうです。
このような一連の事件からわかるのは、
１、いわゆる「イスラエル・ロビー」（“ユダヤ”ロビーではない！）の力がかなり落ちている
２、いわゆる「イスラエル・ロビー」の中での「右派／タカ派」の影響力が相対的に落ちてきている
という二つのどちらかの動きがあるということですよね。いや、どちらも正しいということも言えますな。
そもそもミアシャイマーやウォルトなんかが「イスラエル・ロビー」と騒ぎだして欧米の知識人界でこれだけ話題になるということ自体がロビーの相対的な力の喪失ということも考えられますが（笑
by masa_the_man
| 2009-03-17 11:21
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