Some interesting things happening in the background of the launch of the direct talks today… JTA is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land alongside the Jewish one. That’s JTA’s headline, anyway. The article itself indicates something rather different. It cites Bibi’s speech today, where he said “…we [...]
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Addendum: The Point is All Innocents Are Equal, Mr. President
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B'Tselem, democracy, human rights, international law, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, Palestinians, Terrorism, West Bank on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I very much appreciate President Obama condemning yesterday’s murders of four settlers in the South Hebron Hills. But that condemnation would be an awful lot more meaningful, to myself and to many others I’m sure, if we saw similar outrage in Washington when Israel killed over 700 Palestinian non-combatants in Operation Cast Lead. Or when a border [...]
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