Mideast Peace Wishful Thinking? Richard Silverstein January 19, 2008 3 Share via: Israeli Air Strike Kills Hamas in Gaza—Associated Press headlineAs if. RelatedPost navigationPrevious: Smear Campaign Against Obama Circulates Among Jewish LeadersNext: A.B. Yehoshua Calls for Removing U.S. Ambassador, Attacks Israel Lobby 3 thoughts on “Wishful Thinking?”Wishful thinking.?A few headlines I’d like to see. ——————————————————————– “German Plan’ adopted on world-wide basis. Big slump in arms sales predicted.Middle East waits as belligerents search for loophole in new peace initiative.Provisional date for resumption of I-P conflict to be set 10 months hence; limited duration only.Final agreement talks still ongoing after 6 month lull in fighting. Pressure to reach decision sometime this year said to be high.———————————————————————– Well, who knows?2008 could be just that sort of year.JYReply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.ReplyToo bad. I liked it more the way it was (not that it was true of course).Reply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.ReplyIt seems like NYT has changed the headline.Reply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.ReplyLeave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Yes, add me to your mailing list Notify me of new posts by email. Δ Related Posts Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Israel-Lebanon Deal: Normalization as Capitulation Richard Silverstein June 29, 2026 6 Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israel Lobby-Billionaire Alliance Faces NYC Democratic Socialists–and Loses Richard Silverstein June 26, 2026 3 Mideast Peace US and Iran Exclude Israel from Lebanon Track Richard Silverstein June 23, 2026 5
Wishful thinking.?A few headlines I’d like to see. ——————————————————————– “German Plan’ adopted on world-wide basis. Big slump in arms sales predicted.Middle East waits as belligerents search for loophole in new peace initiative.Provisional date for resumption of I-P conflict to be set 10 months hence; limited duration only.Final agreement talks still ongoing after 6 month lull in fighting. Pressure to reach decision sometime this year said to be high.———————————————————————– Well, who knows?2008 could be just that sort of year.JYReply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.Reply
Too bad. I liked it more the way it was (not that it was true of course).Reply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.Reply
It seems like NYT has changed the headline.Reply link does not work in your browser because JavaScript is disabled.Reply
Wishful thinking.?
A few headlines I’d like to see.
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“German Plan’ adopted on world-wide basis. Big slump in arms sales predicted.
Middle East waits as belligerents search for loophole in new peace initiative.
Provisional date for resumption of I-P conflict to be set 10 months hence; limited duration only.
Final agreement talks still ongoing after 6 month lull in fighting. Pressure to reach decision sometime this year said to be high.
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Well, who knows?
2008 could be just that sort of year.
JY
Too bad. I liked it more the way it was (not that it was true of course).
It seems like NYT has changed the headline.