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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on April 9, 2013. (photo: State Department photo/ Public Domain)
Barring a miracle, Kerry’s breakthrough is bad news
If Netanyahu doesn’t agree to negotiate on the basis of the 1967 border, the Palestinians’ consent to negotiate with him will amount to surrender – which, until he proves differently, is what Bibi wants.   The consensus seems to be that any Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are better than none, so Kerry is being congratulated for…
By Larry Derfner July 20, 2013
Catherine Ashton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (European Union / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Israel responds to EU: We only accept charity on our terms
Europe says it doesn’t want its largesse to be funneled over the Green Line – Israel screams anti-Semitism.  Despite all the outrage and charges of Nazi-style behavior (here and here) that Israeli patriots are leveling against the European Union, the EU’s new guidelines concerning the occupied territories don’t take anything away from Israel; they just…
By Larry Derfner July 17, 2013
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