Déjà-vu in the Middle East
Karl Marx wrote that history always repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. But, while one might fear that the Camp David Middle East peace conference in 2000 was the tragedy and the proposed Annapolis conference proves to be the farce, one should never give up hope, even when hope seems impossible to sustain.
https://prosyn.org/auG1BUc
BERLIN -- Does history repeat itself, after all? Recent developments in the Middle East suggest that the answer is “yes,” because the situation at the end of President George W. Bush’s tenure increasingly resembles that of Bill Clinton’s final year in the presidency. Both presidents, at the end of their respective terms, sought to resolve one of the world’s most dangerous conflicts, while facing the threat that time was running out on them.