Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 50

13-Dec-2010

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (13 December 2010)

The US has given up trying to persuade Israel to extend its partial freeze on settlement building, leaving the future of the latest American peace initiative looking decidedly bleak. Brazil and Argentina have recognized Palestine as a state, and Uruguay says it will follow suit. With the Islamist and secular opposition safely on the sidelines, the ruling NDP has won the vast majority...