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December 2010

The Question of Palestinian Refugees Cannot Be Avoided

2010-12-16
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: December 16, 2010
In: Refugees

Advertisements In my latest piece on the Meretz USA web site, I discuss the question of Palestinian refugees and the misguided urge of many peace activists to try to remove this question from the agenda without negotiations. It seems to me that many well-intentioned peace activists seem to buy intoContinue Reading

Danny Ayalon Plays a Losing Blame Game

2010-12-14
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: December 14, 2010
In: Danny Ayalon, Hasbara, Settlements

Advertisements While taking apart an argument made by Danny Ayalon may seem like shooting fish in a barrel, his op-ed in today’s LA Times contains so many inaccuracies or outright falsehoods, and there are enough people, both in the US and Israel, who will take this piece seriously, that itContinue Reading

Is Obama Charting a New Mideast Peace Course?

2010-12-12
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: December 12, 2010
In: Barack Obama, Peace Plans, United States

Advertisements Now that the United States has officially abandoned its attempt to convince Israel to stop building settlements for just a little while, please?, everyone is waiting for Plan B. Those who still hope for a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict are hoping that the Plan B willContinue Reading

Rabbis Issue Anti-Arab Ruling and Anti-Jewish Statements

2010-12-07
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: December 7, 2010
In: Uncategorized

Advertisements A group of Israeli rabbis issued a religious ruling forbidding Jews to rent homes to Arabs. Even Benjamin Netanyahu could take the high road on this one. “How would we feel if we were told not to sell an apartment to Jews?” asked Netanyahu. “We would protest, and weContinue Reading

Carmel Blaze: How Much More Disaster Can Settlements Cause?

2010-12-07
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: December 7, 2010
In: Uncategorized

Advertisements One thing Eli Yishai cannot be said to have lied about is his dedication to the settlements. In June of 2009, he said “I promise to use my ministry, all the resources at my disposal and the ministry’s impact on local authorities for the good of expanding settlements.” NeglectingContinue Reading

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