Putting Aside the Pious Lies about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
The U.S. shouldn’t be neutral.
January 23, 2018
The U.S. shouldn’t be neutral.
In light of recent developments, including Mahmoud Abbas’s unusually frank speech to the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s leadership, Moshe Arens advocates jettisoning some frequently mouthed but clearly false assumptions about Israel’s situation, beginning with the idea that the U.S. should act as a neutral party in negotiations between Jerusalem and Ramallah. (Free registration may be required.)
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