Past American administrations invested so heavily in fruitless attempts to facilitate Arab-Israel negotiations that American envoys came to be known as “peace processors” — that …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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2/20/19
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Apartheid? Segregation? Not even close. .“Segregated Highway Opens in West Bank,” The Washington Post headline blared this week. “Israel Opens ‘Apartheid Road’ in …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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1/16/19
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We begin with a scene from 60 Minutes: footage of a young woman lying on the ground beside a scorched Israeli bus. This haunting scene is followed by Leslie Stahl interviewing “a big guy …
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By Deborah Fineblum, JNS
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12/19/18
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New York Times op-ed columnist Michelle Goldberg has stirred quite a hornet’s nest with her recent article declaring that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitic. Others will wrestle with the …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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12/12/18
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More than three-fourths of American Jews want Israel to be reduced to just miles wide — narrower than Washington or the Bronx. How can that be? …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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11/13/18
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How did President Donald Trump go from “People have been talking about [the two-state solution] for so many years now; it so far hasn’t worked” in February …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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10/13/18
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Eight Jewish organizations this week signed a statement accusing Israel of, in effect, racism. Seven of them were left-wing groups whose harsh criticism of Israel is old news. But one was the …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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8/8/18
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President Donald Trump’s senior Mideast advisers are proposing to give Hamas billions of dollars if it will recognize Israel and suspend terrorist attacks. Bad idea. Getting rid of Hamas — not …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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7/25/18
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We don’t yet know the details of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that presidential adviser Jared Kushner is preparing. But we do know how Kushner perceives the Palestinian Arabs. And …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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6/28/18
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The phrase “demilitarized Palestinian state” is the very definition of an oxymoron — “a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in …
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6/20/18
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