Normalization with Egypt Should Be Israel’s Next Peacemaking Goal
The time may be ripe for a cold peace to thaw.
November 16, 2020
Raphael Warnock.
After a closely contested election. Georgia will hold two run-off elections to select its senators, one of which pits the incumbent Kelly Loeffler against Raphael Warnock, a Baptist pastor. In a 2018 sermon, Warnock accused Israel of “shoot[ing] down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey, . . . like they don’t matter at all,” adding that “Black lives matter. Palestinian lives matter.” David Harsanyi doesn’t accept the defense that these words amount to mere “criticism” of the Jewish state:
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Login or SubscribeThe time may be ripe for a cold peace to thaw.
Perspectives from a rabbi and from a Muslim.
A man who justified meeting generous proposals with violence.
Raphael Warnock.
And understanding the two rival forms of religious Zionism.