Another sign of the Obama administration's readiness to put pressure on the Israelis. Akiva Eldar in Haaretz:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that the
Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people as a
condition for renewing peace talks is unacceptable to the United
States, the State Department said during special envoy George
Mitchell's visits over the weekend to Ramallah and Cairo.
Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people as a
condition for renewing peace talks is unacceptable to the United
States, the State Department said during special envoy George
Mitchell's visits over the weekend to Ramallah and Cairo.
P.S. What does it mean that Haaretz is the go-to-place for non-Zionists around the world? What does it mean that great Jewish journalists are doing more to inform critics of Israel than any other journalists? When the lobby accuses us of anti-Semitism, do they understand how much we respect the tremendous Jewish tradition in journalism?
