Time to Push the Arabs -Benny Avni
It's been 62 years since the UN General Assembly partitioned British-mandated Palestine into two states, defining one as Arab and the other as Jewish.
Yet almost all Arabs remain unified in their "outrage" over Israel's renewed demand for recognition as a Jewish state. It's high time for President Obama to publicly admonish Fatah on this point, just as he pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly declare his adherence to the "two-state solution."
So far, Obama has succeeded only in encouraging PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to wait until Washington delivers endless Israeli concessions. It's time to push to change their mindset. Insisting they recognize Israel as a Jewish state would be a good start.
(New York Post)
Fatah Sets 14 Preconditions for Talks with Israel -Khaled Abu Toameh
Fatah delegates meeting in Bethlehem resolved not to renew peace negotiations with Israel until all Palestinian prisoners are released from Israeli jails, all settlement-building is frozen and the Gaza blockade is lifted.
Nabil Sha'ath, a Fatah Central Committee member, said these were some of the 14 preconditions for a resumption of peace talks.
(Jerusalem Post)
Is U.S. Open to Compromise? -Abraham Foxman [pictured below/right]
[T]he Obama administration's approach begins to raise a series of more fundamental questions:
1. Is the administration's outreach to the Muslim world predicated on distancing the U.S. from Israel?
2. Are the unrelenting U.S. demands on Israel regarding settlements giving the Palestinians an excuse to avoid direct negotiations with Israel?
3. Is the continuing focus on settlements creating the perception around the world that the U.S. now agrees with Israel's critics that it is Israel that is the critical obstacle to peace?
(New York Jewish Week)
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It's been 62 years since the UN General Assembly partitioned British-mandated Palestine into two states, defining one as Arab and the other as Jewish.
Yet almost all Arabs remain unified in their "outrage" over Israel's renewed demand for recognition as a Jewish state. It's high time for President Obama to publicly admonish Fatah on this point, just as he pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly declare his adherence to the "two-state solution."
So far, Obama has succeeded only in encouraging PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to wait until Washington delivers endless Israeli concessions. It's time to push to change their mindset. Insisting they recognize Israel as a Jewish state would be a good start.
(New York Post)
Fatah Sets 14 Preconditions for Talks with Israel -Khaled Abu Toameh
Fatah delegates meeting in Bethlehem resolved not to renew peace negotiations with Israel until all Palestinian prisoners are released from Israeli jails, all settlement-building is frozen and the Gaza blockade is lifted.
Nabil Sha'ath, a Fatah Central Committee member, said these were some of the 14 preconditions for a resumption of peace talks.
(Jerusalem Post)
Is U.S. Open to Compromise? -Abraham Foxman [pictured below/right]
[T]he Obama administration's approach begins to raise a series of more fundamental questions:
1. Is the administration's outreach to the Muslim world predicated on distancing the U.S. from Israel?
2. Are the unrelenting U.S. demands on Israel regarding settlements giving the Palestinians an excuse to avoid direct negotiations with Israel?
3. Is the continuing focus on settlements creating the perception around the world that the U.S. now agrees with Israel's critics that it is Israel that is the critical obstacle to peace?
(New York Jewish Week)
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