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#TwoStateSolution: Some support it, predicated on “belief in the lie of occupation”

OBSERVER Occupier: The One-Word Difference Between Clinton and Trump on Israel by Alan Clemmons November 3, 2016 …“Occupier” is nothing more than a polite way of calling Israel a thief—suggesting Jewish invaders colonized territory belonging to the Arabs—and which therefore … Continue reading

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“There’s only one place on earth that makes Obama’s blood boil. It isn’t Iran or North Korea. It’s Israel”

FRONT PAGE MAG The Little Jewish Village That Makes Obama Boil by Daniel Greenfield October 13, 2016 Halfway to the sky sits a tiny village of little white houses that has attracted the ire of the White House. The village of … Continue reading

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“In its 22 years of existence, the Palestinian Authority has almost entirely destroyed the private sector in Judea, Samaria and Gaza”

JERUSALEM POST Ending the Palestinian exception by Caroline Glick September 26, 2016 Ahead of Monday night’s first presidential debate, Rudolph Giuliani – former New York mayor and Republican nominee Donald Trump’s current adviser – spoke at the Israeli American Council’s annual … Continue reading

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The price of unity ? AIPAC’s latest letter leads with endorsement of Two State Solution

TABLET MAG 88 Senators Signed AIPAC’s New Pro-Israel Letter. Here’s Why Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Ben Sasse Didn’t by Yair Rosenberg September 20, 2016 Yesterday, the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC released a letter signed by 88 of 100 U.S. senators calling … Continue reading

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Liberal Jews: “heartbroken that the two-state-solution — the pet project of liberalism — is in its final throes”

ALGEMEINER Good News for Liberal Jews by Yishai Fleisher September 6, 2016 …But it can’t be that the whole impulse of liberal Zionism boils down to merely the two-state solution. Liberalism is so much more. It’s about equality, rights, education and the … Continue reading

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#Democrats #Republicans 2016 Israel platforms: When it comes to #TwoStateSolution, Republicans stand with the majority of Israelis

THE FORWARD In Major Shift, GOP Rejects Two-State Solution, Says Israel Not “Occupier” by Nathan Guttman July 13, 2016 Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state … Continue reading

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“Why the widely loathed Netanyahu was able to defeat [defense establishment] the most respected institution in Israel…experts will never be able to persuade voters to disregard the lessons of their own lived experience”

COMMENTARY Why Bibi Defeated the Generals by Evelyn Gordon July 10, 2016 …[Israel’s] defense establishment consists “mostly of men who grew up in the strongholds of the left-leaning Israeli Labor Party” and hold dovish views. Thus they were understandably appalled by … Continue reading

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#Brookings Institution’s #ShadiHamid: “In a region rocked by residual effects of imperialism, Israel-Palestine has almost become an afterthought”

TIMES OF ISRAEL The West fundamentally misunderstands the ethos of the ‘caliphate,’ writes Muslim author by JP O’Malley July 6, 2016 In his new book, author Shadi Hamid asks the fundamental question: Why exactly does the Middle East suffer from … Continue reading

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“They sit by the rivers of the Hudson, East, and Potomac [and Lake Michigan], and weep over the return of Jews to the Temple Mount and bemoan the splendor of a united Jerusalem”

JEWISH PRESS Out of Touch by Larry Domnitch June 5, 2016 …Some American Jewish leaders want to eradicate a significant Jewish holiday from the Jewish calendar: Yom Yerushalayim…Today, there are ‘prominent’ American Jews who seek to erase that monumental day, … Continue reading

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“So long as people who claim to be Israel’s friends are carping about settlements or borders, or treating Israeli’s voters as if they were bigots or children rather than the realists most of them are, the Palestinians will never change”

COMMENTARY Some Help That Israel Doesn’t Need by Jonathan S. Tobin May 26, 2016 When it comes to reinventing the wheel, some people just never tire of the exercise. That’s the only way to view a new Middle East peace … Continue reading

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