Nikos Konstandaras is managing editor and a columnist of Kathimerini, the leading Greek morning daily. He is also the founding editor of Kathimerini’s English Edition, which is published as a supplement to The International Herald Tribune in Greece, Cyprus and Albania. He worked as a correspondent for The Associated Press from 1989 to 1997 before joining the Greek press and has reported from many countries in the region.
Athens, Greece - Palestine's struggle over the past 60 years has been ruled by the necessary maximalistic vision of overall victory. This may be the only way to inspire sacrifices by their population, but this power has not yet been harnessed to a serious political strategy.
Saul Singer is Editorial Page Editor and author of the weekly column “Interesting Times” for the
Jerusalem Post. He is the author of
Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World After 9/11. Before moving to Israel from the Washington area in 1994, Mr. Singer served for ten years as an advisor on the personal and committee staffs of the United States Congress, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Connie Mack.
Jerusalem, Israel - I wish that Palestinian democratic institutions were mature enough that Daoud's important question could be taken at face value.
Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian journalist. He was born in Jerusalem in 1955. Presently he is a visiting professor at Princeton University in the United States. Mr. Kuttab is the former director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al Quds University in Ramallah, Palestine and the founder of AmmanNet, the Arab world's first internet radio station. His personal web page is www.daoudkuttab.com
Ramallah, Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate Arab leader, is putting the first nail in the coffin of a U.S. led drive to bring democracy to the region.
Yossi Melman is a senior commentator for the Israeli daily Haaretz. He specializes in intelligence, security, terrorism and strategic issues. An author of seven books on these topics, his most recent book, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran was published recently by Carroll & Graf.
Tel Aviv, Israel - If the government fails its people, it is Abbas's right as president to call for new elections or, if thwarted, to change the government.
Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary - Even if Mr. Abbas holds a very negative opinion of the Palestinian Parliament, he still better deal with it.
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