Netanyahu the desperate harbinger of peace
BBC: Israel sets terms for Palestinian state
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will back a Palestinian state – but only if it is completely demilitarised.
He said a Palestinian state must have no army, no control of its air space and no way of smuggling in weapons.
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Israel is controlled by religious fanaticism
Haaretz: Israel is controlled by religious fanaticism
Not very long ago, during Rabbi Meir Kahane’s racist rantings, the late writer and journalist Amos Elon gave me a copy of a letter Lord Rothschild sent to Herzl in August 1902. In the letter, Rothschild explains why he refuses to support the establishment of a Jewish state in [...]
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