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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Old Settlement Wine in New Peacemaking Bottles

http://fmep.org/blog/2015/11/old-settlement-wine-in-new-peacemaking-bottles/

Old Settlement Wine in New Peacemaking Bottles

November 24, 2015 Mitchell Plitnick During his meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered “a package of meaningful measures in the West Bank.” Although Netanyahu was apparently vague about what those measures would be, an anonymous Israeli official told a reporter for  Israel’s Ha’aretz, “The prime minister made it clear that we want American recognition of the settlement blocs and of the fact that we can build there.”
Most observers have long recognized that any workable two-state agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is likely to include Israel keeping the large settlement blocs of Gush Etzion, Ariel http://fmep.org/blog/2015/11/old-settlement-wine-in-new-peacemaking-bottles/

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