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...time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, and to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel's right to exist...
...nation’s founders clearly saw this danger. In Federalist 51, James Madison defended the virtue of divided government: “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself...
That doesn't mean there won't be a truth commission, however. "We don't govern by fiat over here," says Axelrod. "If Congress wants to move forward, they will move forward... we are prepared for whatever...
...Technology has become so sophisticated that it is in front of the rules that should govern it, presenting problems similar to the ones that cloning does. Some people want to clone themselves to create a faux immortality. In the U.S. that is forbidden. In Sweden, it probably is not. Technology crosses borders, but the same is not necessarily true for the regulations that govern...
...White House, Netanyahu pointedly refused to endorse the principle of Palestinian statehood, a cornerstone both of the peace process and of U.S. Middle East policy. The Israeli leader made clear that he wants the Palestinians to govern themselves but added the caveat that self-governance would be "absent a handful of powers that could endanger the State of Israel." (Netanyahu believes Israel's security cannot tolerate the Palestinians having such typical features of statehood as sovereign control over their own borders, air space and defense and foreign policies.) And while he committed to holding talks with the Palestinian Authority...