Fourteen Years after Reneging on an Agreement, the U.S. Condemns Israel for Violating It
The Biden administration’s hypocrisy over the Bush-Sharon letters.
March 28, 2023
The Biden administration’s hypocrisy over the Bush-Sharon letters.
Last week, the State Department upbraided the Knesset for repealing a 2005 law forbidding Jews from entering or living in a small area of the West Bank, on the grounds that doing so “represents a clear contradiction of undertakings” that “Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on behalf of Israel affirmed in writing to George W. Bush.” Elliott Abrams comments:
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“How long, O Lord, shall I forgotten be?”
Seven centuries of the ancient Jewish capital.