Elliott Abrams

Fatah is a political party and movement, whose chairman is Mahmoud Abbas. ”

The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it's going to be under pressure. ”

The Pope is not a political figure. ”

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai. ”

Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948. ”

Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require. ”

I don't see kids with Palm Pilots. They are not common on college campuses, except among professors. Gen Xers don't need them. They are a phenomenon of the 50-something who can't remember if his broker's number ends in 1137 or 3317. ”

Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits. ”

Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set. ”

We use American influence with Israel not to promote economic growth in the West Bank, but to try and impede Jewish - never Arab - construction in the capital city. ”