Posts Tagged ‘palestine’
A Brief Response
12Mar10
Something that caught my eye in Andy’s response is that it’s not exactly easy to move settlers on the post-1967 land out of the territory. It’s a good point, and one that needs to be taken into consideration. That being said, pragmatically, the US itself is calling for a freeze on settlements, not an evacuation. […]
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Tags: Israel, joe biden, Middle east, palestine, peace process, settlements
On Biden and Israel
12Mar10
No surprises there. I’ll leave it mostly to my fellow TNC commenter, Emily Hauser. The settlement issue is, well, look at this map, via Sullivan: This has happened with direct aid from the United States. Look, it’s true that Palestine has blown chances at peace with more reasonable Israeli governments. But it’s worth considering that’s not […]
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Tags: Biden, east jerusalem, Israel, jerusalem, joe biden, Middle east, middle east peace, palestine, west bank