QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.--Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, in The Weekly Standard.

Mr. Abrams then goes on to list and discuss the "five clear lessons" about Middle East peace-making efforts, derivable from the 17 years of diplomatic efforts since the Oslo Accords, through the administrations of 3 U.S. Presidents (counting President Obama)and six Israeli prime ministers, all of which, Abrams argues, the Obama Administration is ignoring, to the great detriment of "real efforts at peace."