Democratic President Will Appoint Special Envoy To Coerce Israeli Concessions

By
Omri Ceren
– June 26, 2007Posted in: Israeli-Arab Peace Process, Jewish Politics, Palestinians

It is as certain as anything can be in politics that the next Democratic President will appoint a Special Envoy to force Israel to make risky territorial concessions to the Palestinians:

“Aa Special Envoy for Middle East Peace,”… is a diplomatic tool that has become a cliche, an envoy in the guise of a messiah. A senior Israeli diplomatic source suggested this week that “any Democratic administration that is elected in 2008 will appoint a special envoy for the peace process. It has become such an accepted slogan in the party that no Democratic president will be able to avoid it.” It is certainly possible that even a Republican administration will choose to appoint such an envoy, if only to head off criticism about the lack of one. Israel will have to welcome this personage warmly.

That little bit about the Republicans is disingenuous on two levels. The first is that the Republicans who have a chance at winning generally err on the side of not giving terrorists the benefit of the doubt (Rudy, Fred!, etc). The second is that there’s a radical difference between who a Republican would appoint and who a Democrat would appoint. The post Bush-I Republicans have tended to favor treating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a military problem, and so they send generals. The Democrats – well, their last guy thought that * I Don’t Mean to Nitpick [MR]

Previously:
* Democratic Jews Now Just Fucking With MR
* Memo To Democratic Jews: "US Engagement In The Peace Process" Is Bad For Israel, Barack Obama Edition
* MR Has A Question For Democratic Jews: Are You Fucking Retarded?

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