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This prisoner exchange is different: Palestinians want an Israeli released

JERUSALEM — What do prisoners in Israeli and American jails have to do with the Middle Eastern peace process?

Quite a lot, actually.

About 4,700 Palestinians are held in Israeli jails for what Israel refers to as “security crimes,” or in other words: nationalistic terror, which the Palestinians call “resistance.”

The convictions range from stone-throwing to multiple counts of premeditated murder, in the case of terror masterminds.

For the Palestinian government, the release of these prisoners, who have become popular heroes as symbols of the nationalistic struggle, is a tangible achievement that can be used as an argument in favor of the peace process.

Since last summer, when US Secretary of State John Kerry initiated his push toward a final-status solution for the intractable conflict, Israel has released 78 prisoners in three groups under the rubric of “confidence-building measures.”

The prisoners were all detained prior to the start of the Olso peace process, in 1993.

Each release of prisoners is greeted in Palestinian territories with jubilation and public celebration of the deeds that landed the prisoners in jail — while the Israeli family members of those killed, on the other hand, have been furious.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition partners on the right have reacted to the past three releases with threats to topple the government by resigning or leaving the coalition.

In the hope of placating the right, Israel has met each prisoner release in this series with an announcement of building plans for new settlements in the occupied territories.

Invariably, the settlement announcements provoke Palestinian accusations that Israel is not acting in good faith, and, from the United States, chastening statements that such measures are “unhelpful.” 

Behind the scenes, both US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are aware of Netanyahu’s precarious perch within Israeli politics.

Another 26 prisoners are scheduled to be released in two days, and for the first time in the history of these negotiations, they include Israeli citizens.

Israeli citizens? Yes. A few dozen Israeli Arabs have been convicted of nationalistic crimes against the state. Several Israeli ministers have threatened to resign if any Israeli national is released, claiming that no sovereign nation can be coerced into releasing its own citizens who have been convicted of mass murder.

For the Palestinian Authority, achieving the release of freedom fighters who are Israelis makes the point that the Palestinian government is fighting for the cause of Palestinian liberation in the broadest possible way.

But if Netanyahu is to release Israeli citizens — and not just West Bank or Gaza Palestinians — he will have to shore up his own position with the right wing with something more significant than just another announcement of new settlement building plans.

Enter Jonathan Pollard, stage right. 

Who is Pollard? He is an American Jew who was working as a civilian CIA analyst in Washington, DC, when he was caught passing an Israeli contact classified documents in 1987. He pled guilty, and was sentenced to life.

Israel has been clamoring for his release since it began to shed the embarrassment of having been caught spying on its own closest ally, about 20 years ago, when such acts were not as commonplace as they are today.

Pollard’s release, about 18 months before he will be eligible for parole, is the single glittering carrot the United States can offer Netanyahu to buttress him before the barrage of domestic sticks that will come his way if the next prisoner release in fact takes place. (Right now, it’s not looking likely.)

The US really wants this prisoner release to happen: If it doesn’t, Abbas is threatening to abandon the peace process altogether. The US has invested a huge amount of resources and prestige in restarting the peace talks, and their failure would be a major setback at a time ​Obama and Kerry are already struggling to shore up the credibility of their foreign policy strategy.

Yesterday, Israel Army Radio reported that Washington had, in fact, offered to release Pollard. A few hours later, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said no such offer was on the table “currently.” 

A non-denial denial if ever there was one.

Following up on that news, reports emerged early Friday that Israel was rejecting the fourth prisoner release.

Stay tuned. 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/140328/why-prisoner-exchange-holding-the-israeli-palestinian-peace

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February 25, 2014

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Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head, lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.

Manufacturers unleashed a battery of new wearable devices at the world’s biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain, trying to carve out new revenue sources in developed markets where smartphone sales are slowing.

From smart bracelets that track your fitness to watches and glasses that let you take a call or check text messages and email, these gadgets are the new stars of the February 24-27 Mobile World Congress.

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FILE – This Sept. 18, 2012 file photo shows female soldiers training on a firing range while wearing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do, say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE – This Sept. 18, 2012 file photo shows female soldiers training on a firing range while wearing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do, say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE – In this Jan. 27, 2012 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno speaks at the Pentagon. Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do, say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women. The issue is going to be the propensity of women who want to do some of these things,” Odierno said in an interview with The AP. “I don’t think it’s going to be as great as people think.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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FORT EUSTIS, Va. (AP) — Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women.

That survey and others across the Army, publicly disclosed for the first time to The Associated Press, also revealed that soldiers of both genders are nervous about women entering combat jobs but say they are determined to do it fairly. Men are worried about losing their jobs to women; women are worried they will be seen as getting jobs because of their gender and not their qualifications. Both are emphatic that the Army must not lower standards to accommodate women.

Less than 8 percent of Army women who responded to the survey said they wanted a combat job. Of those, an overwhelming number said they’d like to be a Night Stalker — a member of the elite special operations helicopter crews who perhaps are best known for flying the Navy SEALS into Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011.

Last year top Pentagon officials signed an order saying women must have the same opportunities as men in combat jobs and the services have been devising updated physical standards, training, education and other programs for thousands of jobs they must open Jan. 1, 2016. The services must open as many jobs to women as possible; if they decide to keep some closed, they must explain why.

The Army says that about 200,000 of its 1.1 million jobs are either direct combat or related jobs such as field artillery, combat engineers and so on. That’s roughly 20 percent of the force, though the direct-combat front-line fighters make up roughly half of that or about 9 percent.

Throughout last year, the Army emailed questionnaires to active duty, reserves and Army National Guard members to gauge soldiers’ views on the move to bring women into combat jobs. The results from the survey sent to women showed that just 2,238 — or 7.5 percent — of the 30,000 who responded said they would want one of the infantry, armor, artillery and combat engineer jobs.

Army officials also polled men and women on their concerns about the integration. And they asked senior female leaders to say whether they would have chosen combat jobs if they’d been given that chance 10 or 20 years ago.

All agreed the physical standards for the jobs should remain the same.

“The men don’t want to lower the standards because they see that as a perceived risk to their team,” David Brinkley, deputy chief of staff for operations at the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, told the AP. “The women don’t want to lower the standards because they want the men to know they’re just as able as they are to do the same task.”

Brinkley’s office at Fort Eustis is filled with charts, graphs and data the Army is using to methodically bring women into jobs that have been previously open only to men. The surveys are helping to shape the education and preparation that women, men and top leaders need to put in place to insure the integration goes smoothly.

The questionnaires, and the focus groups that followed them, showed that younger men and those who have served with women in the last two years are more open to the integration, while mid-level soldiers — particularly those in units such as infantry and armor that have not yet included women — were more hesitant.

And there were nagging stereotypes. Male soldiers fretted that their unit’s readiness will be degraded because of what they term “women issues,” such as pregnancy and menstrual cycles. Or they worried that women incapable of the physical demands would be brought in anyway.

Officers were concerned about sexual harassment and improper relationships. And the idea of integrated units bothered both military wives and husbands.

Plagued by an increase in reported sexual assaults, the military is putting a much greater emphasis on training, reporting and treatment. But that increased focus, said Brinkley, has prompted some troops to say they are worried to be in the same room together.

The men, said Brinkley, worry that anything they say could ruin their careers.

“Did we have a problem? Yes. Are we aggressively solving it? Yes,” said Brinkley. But, he added, “we’ve kind of created a little environment of fear, which we fear might frankly hinder integration.”

The solution, said Brinkley and other Army leaders, involves education, training and good leadership.

Women across the Army have been getting pregnant for years and those units have dealt with it. And, while inappropriate relationships do happen, they are a violation of regulations. So it is up to unit leaders to enforce the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the combat arms units, just as they do in others.

Army leaders were unsurprised by the small number of women interested in combat jobs.

“The issue is going to be the propensity of women who want to do some of these things,” Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, said in an interview with the AP. “I don’t think it’s going to be as great as people think.”

According to the survey, the vast majority of the women who expressed interest in combat jobs were in the lower ranks, age 27 or younger.

Some of the more experienced soldiers said that if they had it to do all over again, they might choose one of the combat arms jobs.

The limited interest also is in line with what other countries, such as Norway, have seen as they integrated women into combat roles, Brinkley said.

But, what surprised even him was what the women named as their preferred combat career.

More than 30 percent of the survey respondents pointed to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

“I went back to the analysts and I said, ‘is there a glitch in this?’” said Brinkley.

But adding women will help the unit fill some spots. The 160th commander has said he is struggling, for example, to get mechanics, but even though there are many in the Army, he can’t bring them on because they are women, Brinkley said.

The 160th is a specialized unit used to fly forces fast, low and deep behind enemy lines under cover of darkness. Seventeen women already work in the unit in administrative, intelligence and logistics posts. And there have long been women aviators and aircrew in the conventional Army, just not on the special operations teams.

Hundreds of pilot and crew positions in the 160th were formally opened to women last June. And, as of Monday, officials said a number of women had applied and a handful have gotten the initial favorable assessment that allows them to begin moving through the process that includes a rigorous training course.

The second most popular choice was infantry, followed closely by combat engineers. Far fewer said they wanted to be in the field artillery, where unit members move and work with massive rocket and cannon systems. And the least popular branch of the Army they named was armor — jobs that involve working in the hulking tanks and armored vehicles.

“We’ve got to utilize the talent that we have available,” Odierno said. “We have some incredible female talent that we’ve been ignoring for a long time. We’ve got to get it in the right place.”

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Americans still think there’s more to learn about Benghazi – and want Congress to keep searching for the truth

Americans across the political spectrum aren’t entirely convinced that the truth aboutthe Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya has been fully uncovered, and think Congress should continue investigating the matter to find out whether the White House acted improperly during its handling of the attack, a Fox News poll released Friday reported. 

The poll found that two in three Americans – including 50 percent of Democrats – believe that Congress should continue to investigate the White House’s role in managing the attack, which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Just 31 percent of Americans think Congress should move on from its Benghazi investigations.

House Republicans, led by Government and Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), have ferociously led the charge to continue the investigation, even going so far as to set up a website earlier this month that promises to bring the facts about the assault “straight to the American people.”

“The families of the fallen – and the American people – deserve to know the truth. They deserve justice,” a release issued by House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) said. “After being stonewalled, House committees began a serious, exhaustive, and deliberate investigation into what led up to this tragic event, what transpired, and why the White House refused – and still refuses – to tell the whole truth.”

Benghazi will also be a key issue in the 2016 presidential race, as presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s political future hangs on the balance of any potential investigation. Clinton was serving as Secretary of State for President Barack Obama at the time of the attack, and recently acknowledged in a speech before the National Automotive Dealers Association that her role in the scandal is her biggest political regret. 

“My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi,” she said. “It was a terrible tragedy, losing four Americans, two diplomats and, now it’s public, so I can say two CIA operatives.”

At the same time, many in the mainstream media continue to doubt that there is any controversy surrounding the attack at Benghazi – especially when compared to real scandals like “Bridgegate.” HBO talk show host Bill Maher asserted on his show Friday evening that Benghazi isn’t a scandal at all, as he tried to convince MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow that her network might want to dial back its coverage of “Bridgegate” before the issue becomes its “Benghazi.”

Addressing a ‘break-up letter’ he penned to the liberal cable news network on Valentine’s Day, Maher said, ”I should have said that… yes, [Bridgegate] is not the same as Benghazi. I made that analogy, but I said this is your ‘Benghazi’. Benghazi is a real – Benghazi is nothing – there is no scandal there. This [Bridgegate] is an actual scandal.”

Fox News surveyed 1,006 registered voters nationwide via telephone from Feb. 9-11, 2014. The study has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. 

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TN Republicans want to expand government-owned Internet

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NASHVILLE — Ten Republican members of Tennessee’s General Assembly believe having broadband Internet is important as having electricity.

They’re supporting a bill that would allow public utilities that offer cable and Internet to expand into rural areas, despite criticism from tea partiers and at least one private Internet provider.

David Snyder, who operates a private ISP in Chattanooga, calls the legislation “an assault on free enterprise.”

Mark West, president of the Chattanooga Tea Party, meanwhile, told Tennessee Watchdog these Republicans have forgotten their roots.

According to the bill, introduced by state Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, established Government Owned Networks would expand into rural areas for the sake of job creation and economic development.

Janice Bowling

“This is actually about private corporations versus the people,” Bowling told Tennessee Watchdog on Friday.

“In today’s world, people need these services in order to survive, much less thrive. It has become the electricity of the 21^st century to have adequate broadband access.”

Unlike other GON’s, such as the one in her hometown that competes against private businesses, these would only reach into rural areas where private Internet service providers aren’t operating, Bowling said.

“It’s not taxpayer-funded. It is subscriber funded. Those involved would have to create a business plan that they would have to present to the comptroller, who would determine if it was a sustainable, reasonable business plan.”

“These areas shouldn’t be condemned to a slow death because there are no options available,” she said, adding she and Snyder have discussed the issue.

Snyder, however, said this is a case of big government taking over part of the Tennessee economy. Snyder also said government officials will build these new networks with tax and electric-rate-backed bonds.

“This legislation impacts the entire state,” Snyder said.

“There are small service providers across the state deploying broadband who will not invest in areas where the government has launched business ventures that invade the free market.”

West, meanwhile, posed the following question:

“Where is it in our Constitution that says we have to expand broadband service to every corner of the state?”

Certain Republicans, West said, campaign by spouting principles of limited government, which, in reality, they don’t believe in.

AS CRUCIAL AS ELECTRICITY: A water tower advertising LightTUBe’s cable and Internet services.

“Yet, when they get down to where the rubber meets the road their professed values don’t align with some of the legislation that they will sponsor, support and vote for. This is a prime example,” West said.

Bowling responded to these complaints by once again comparing Internet to the necessities of life.

“I think those people are all glad they have public water, electricity, public sewage, and that’s the government. I don’t think that’s an overreach,” Bowling said.

“The government should provide those things that the people can’t provide for themselves and that the market is not providing for them.”

“Imagine if, in 1935, the powers that be said Nashville should have electricity but the surrounding rural communities should only have kerosene and coal, and that ought to be adequate enough,” Bowling said.

“This is not build it and they will come. This is build it in order to live.”

Another Republican co-sponsor, Steve Sutherland of Morristown, told Tennessee Watchdog that no high-tech industries will move to a rural area without available fiber optic technology.

Another Republican co-sponsor, Jack Johnson of Brentwood, said, in the modern world, everyone needs broadband.

As Tennessee Watchdog reported, Bowling’s hometown of Tullahoma has a public utility that, in contrast to what she is proposing, already competes against private providers.

The service, under the Tullahoma Utilities Board, is called LightTUBe. It serves 18,000 residents in one of the smallest cities in the nation.

TUB General Manager Brian Skelton

In fact, city officials now offer an ultra-high speed Internet service, known as Gigabit, that costs $ 300 a month.

Tullahoma Mayor Lane Curlee told Tennessee Watchdog in December the ultra-high speed Internet service hasn’t attracted new business, as city leaders originally hoped.

According to an audit state comptrollers released last year, the city’s Gigabit Internet has thus far lost $ 2.1 million. City officials told auditors their Gigabit Internet would operate at a loss its first three years.

TUB General Manager Brian Skelton, who refused to speak to Tennessee Watchdog about this matter in May, has publicly stated hopes to expand the city’s fiber services outside city lines, something state law now prohibits.

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