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August 30, 2018

The Barriers to Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

Responding to a letter from a Palestinian neighbor.

In his book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, published in May, Yossi Klein Halevi attempts to explain the Israeli “narrative” to an imagined Palestinian correspondent, in an effort to foster the sort of dialogue and mutual understanding that he believes must precede peace. Reviewing the book for the New York Times, the Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has criticized it for, in effect, attempting to win Palestinians over to the Israeli perspective. Klein Halevi responds in an open letter to Shehadeh:

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August 30, 2018

  1. A Better Nuclear Deal with Iran Is Possible, and Sanctions Could Make It Happen

    But the U.S. must pursue them aggressively.

  2. The Barriers to Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue

    Responding to a letter from a Palestinian neighbor.

  3. How Intersectionality Has Become a Political Weapon against Israel

    Dissenting from anti-Israel orthodoxy has social consequences.

  4. Was Adolf Eichmann a Mediocrity, or a Monster?

    A new movie revives an old debate about the banality of evil and the perversity of brilliance.

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