AIPAC has hailed the Netanyahu speech as a “bold” step. But six years ago Netanyahu wrote a Washington Post op-ed in which he called for “A Limited Palestinian State.” Bibi in June 2003: The guiding principle is this: The Palestinians…
Tehran spring is busting out all over. Haaretz reports that Dennis Ross, Obama’s point man on Iran, is being relieved of his duties and moved elsewhere. Haaretz: Washington insiders speculate that a number of reasons moved the administration to reassign…
Ira Glunts writes: The belligerent tone and content of the speech serves to remind us how difficult it is going to be to push Netanyahu to make the concessions necessary for a just peace. The perceptive and knowledgable Helena Cobban…
Israel Policy Forum has some shrewd commentary on the Netanyahu speech from Israel and the American Jewish center-left. First, Ben Caspit from Maariv: Netanyahu spoke for half an hour yesterday. Thirty minutes of sheer right wing rhetoric aimed at concealing…
One mental shadow cast by my trip to Gaza is sympathy for the Israelis. When you are in Gaza, as far as the eye can see there is incredible cruelty and scorched earth, all but unprovoked. Seeing a child burned…
The more reviews we get, the worse is the spirit of the Netanyahu speech. Writes Rob Browne (rbguy at Dailykos): It was quite a horrible speech (laying all the blame on the Arab nations’ 1948 partition decision (with no context…
Here is an appeal from Amir, who is of Iranian extraction: Could you please ask your readers, the ones which are technically capable to set up proxy services for IP ranges inside Iran? These addresses can be sent to some…
Obama welcomed the Netanyahu speech: “The president welcomes the important step forward in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech,” said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. “The president is committed to two states, a Jewish state of Israel and an independent Palestine,…
Haven’t seen the speech transcript yet. AP says that Netanyahu broke new ground by offering a limited Palestinian state. A flag and currency– sounds like. A friend who has seen it writes that the speech was red meat to the…