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Advertisements This article originally appeared on LobeLog.  Four years ago, there was some hope in Washington that J Street, the self-proclaimed “pro-Israel, pro-peace” Jewish lobbying group, could someday provide a counterweight to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). No one expected J Street to seriously challenge AIPAC after just fourContinue Reading

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Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas. Bibi clearly wants a situation where the US will back an Israeli refusal to continue negotiations, and Hamas joining aContinue Reading

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Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I continue with my recent theme of where to go now that the two-state solution has been rendered moot. Using a recent article by Yossi Alpher as a foil, I examine some of the reasons the Oslo process failed, a process that needContinue Reading