Challenging Einstein: Kerry's 'new' diplomacy in the Middle East

The US must oppose the occupation and settlements, and support a Palestinian right to freedom, equality and statehood. AlJazeera: 25 Apr 2013 | http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201342562321753915.html

Phyllis Bennis Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.

"John Kerry is now noting that the window for a comprehensive peace settlement leading to a Palestinian state could begin to close," writes Bennis [Reuters]

So there is talk once again of a “new” US initiative in Israel-Palestine diplomacy. We have got a new secretary of state. John Kerry is shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Hopes are supposed to be rising again.