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And there will be how many women in Middle East negotiation meetings?


At the Arab League summit?

In meetings with Ban Ki Moon?

Tzipi Livni’s behavior can be interpreted as not necessarily having any impact one way or the other re: her gender, but given the Hamas preference for Turkey because it’s seen by Hamas as an Islamic nation, the concern about women’s involvement is legitimate.

Consider the success of this alliance with Hanan Ashrawi in the West Bank as well as her statements, like these:

“Arab countries have not mobilized,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a legislator and longtime Palestinian spokeswoman. “They have not used their political, much less their economic clout to help Palestinians. Economically, they have been helping, but not in a big way.

“Palestinians feel a sense of let down, even a betrayal,” she said.

Do you suspect anyone who is invited into these meetings is going to push that? I sure don’t get that sense.  But I’d love to be proven wrong.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:01 pm January 13th, 2009 in Foreign Affairs, Gaza, Israel, leadership 

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