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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 4-Mar-2010
4-Mar-10 News - 'Indirect' Israeli/Palestinian peace talks begin

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4-Mar-10 News - 'Indirect' Israeli/Palestinian peace talks begin

South Africa's Jacob Zuma picks out a wife for his visit to the Queen.

'Indirect' Palestinian / Israeli peace talks to begin on Sunday

The Arab League has endorsed an American plan for "indirect" peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis. According to Haaretz, U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will be mediating the talks.

These peace talks are a dance that has been going on for decades. Peace talks are announced, much to the approval of the mainstream media and the politicians. Usually the talks break down with no agreement, but if there is an agreement, then it's ignored.

When the Bush administration released its "Mideast Roadmap to Peace" in 2003, one of the first major prediction I wrote for this web site was that it would fail. (See "Mideast Roadmap - Will it bring peace?") From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, the Mideast is headed for a major war, re-fighting the genocidal war between Jews and Palestinians that followed the 1948 partitioning of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

Since 2003, there have been three wars: Israelis vs Hizbollah in Lebanon in 2006, Palestinian Fatah vs Hamas in Gaza in 2008, and Israelis vs Hamas in Gaza in 2009.

There have been no peace talks at all since the Gaza war, and after the war ended, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was humiliated because he was unable to get the Israelis to agree to stop building Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Abbas declared that there would be no more peace talks until Israel stopped building settlements.

That's why these are "indirect" talks. George Mitchell will apparently be ping-ponging back and forth between the two sides, hoping to get a peace treaty sealed, which Generational Dynamics predicts is impossible.

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma chooses a wife to meet the Queen

So you think you have trouble picking out what shoes to wear? Well, Jacob Zuma has to decide which wife to take to London with him to visit Queen Elizabeth.

Polygamy is permitted among Zulus, and South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has three wives, not including two other wives, one who died, and one whom he divorced. The latest wife is Thobeka Madiba Zuma, and he married her two months ago. Thobeka is accompanying him on the trip to London, so that trip combines statecraft with a honeymoon, according to South Africa's Independent Online.

South Africa still has not fully recovered from the massive influx of refugees from Zimbabwe in 2008. (See "South Africa will create 'temporary shelters' for migrants, not 'refugee camps.'" This article also contains a generational history of South Africa.)

Zuma may be in London to escape his problems at home. Times Online reports violent protests and demonstrations in Sharpevile over Zuma's failure to keep his campaign promises. Sharpeville is historically important, as the site where 70 peaceful black protestors were shot dead by white police.

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An article in Asian Times compares the scenario unfolding in Europe to a Greek tragedy and to an American dinner theatre. The article is very funny and astute, and with so little humor around these days, it's worth a read.

Want to build a nuclear weapon in your basement? Spiegel tells you where to find directions.

The head of Russia's Olympic Committee has resigned, after Russia recorded its worst performance at the Vancouver games. (BBC.) Last week, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blew his stack at the poor performance of his country's Olympic athletes, and called on Olympics officials to resign. (BBC.)

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