“We are entrenched in a reality in which no side alone can solve the problem.”

“We are entrenched in a reality in which no side alone can solve the problem.”

Yoni Fighel

An Israeli counterterrorism expert on the conflict in which neither Israel, Hamas nor
moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appears able to win the upper hand in a volatile three-way standoffi in the Mideast.

“It’s another horrible day. Today it’s because of disappointment that the U.S. stimulus (package) is too little, too late and investors feel it won’t help the economy recover.”

Francis Lun

A general manager at Fulbright Securities
in Hong Kong, saying concern about the
outlook for the U.S. economy sent Asian
markets sliding again Monday.