This could be a watershed moment in the Israel-Palestine conflict. That moment when one side comes to the end of the road and realizes the assumptions it made were wrong and that a new path must be charted. Until now, the Israeli, U.S. and Palestinian policy elites have chanted the two-state mantra. They did so long after there was any real hope that this … [Read more...]
Hamas to Rewrite Charter, Accept Palestinian State in 1967 Borders, Leading to Egyptian Rapprochement
CORRECTION: I mistakenly read the linked article to state that the Hamas proposal accepts an Israeli state in 1967 borders, when it actually accepts a Palestinian state in 1967 borders. Pan-Arab media has reported that Hamas has been rewriting its Charter. Purported changes would accept a Palestinian state within 1967 border. They would also eliminate … [Read more...]
Did Trump Warn Israel Against Annexation?
Avigdor Lieberman told a meeting of the Knesset foreign affairs committee that the Trump administration "directly" warned Israel that if it annexed the West Bank this would cause "an immediate crisis" in U.S.-Israel relations. Lieberman's remarks were a response to a Likud MK who called for immediate annexation of the Occupied Territory. I have been … [Read more...]
FBI Arrests White Supremacist Planning Synagogue Attack After Trump Bristles at Anti-Semitism Question
This has been a bad day for Donald Trump. Not a bad day perhaps on a national scale. But today he lost even those 20% of Jews who voted him in the last election. His problems began with today's press conference in which a Jewish reporter asked him (after having been asked virtually the same question yesterday) what he could say to American Jews to assure … [Read more...]
