We’re sure to be hearing more about this….

Meanwhile, James Zogby laments that the report has been much discussed but little read….

Subsequently, Abbas has found himself the target of anger. “In Gaza hundreds of posters of Mr Abbas with a black X across his face appeared in public places, and relatives of the victims of the winter’s military operation were throwing shoes at his picture, a reference to the shoe hurled in contempt at the then American president, George Bush, in Iraq.” Not a good sign….

Both the Economist and the BBC have the story.

“We have promoted the common ground that exists between Islam, Christianity and Judaism….”

“As the head of the one of the foremost Islamic authorities in the world, let me restate: The murder of civilians is a crime against humanity and God punishable in this life and the next.”

“Israel’s occupation of Palestine must be brought to an end; its continuation is an affront to the fundamental tenets of justice and freedom that we all seek to uphold. In Iraq and Afghanistan, full sovereignty and independence must be restored to their people with the withdrawal of all foreign forces. President Barack Obama’s historic address to the Muslim world from Cairo on June 4 was a landmark event that opened the door to a new relationship between Islam and the West, precisely because it acknowledged these imperatives. Yet much work needs to be done by both sides.”

“This week in Washington I am participating in the Common Word Initiative, a group of religious leaders hosted by Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. While the focus of this initiative has been to foster dialogue between Islam and Christianity, I will call for its expansion to include representatives of all the Abrahamic faiths….”

Regarding regimes like that of Iran: “This is the ‘rationality of irrationality,’ whereby the ‘patient’ intimidates the would-be therapist with the threat of losing control. ‘Push me, and I’ll do something really crazy’ is the message. Such regimes cooperate a lot more enthusiastically if the fist of power lurks beneath the silky glove of diplomacy…. A reset, no matter how often, doesn’t change the reality inside a computer. The operating system remains the same.”