Epstein Secrets

675943 and of a third Intifada — unless Israel quickly allows the emergence of a "whole Palestine" and ends its "perpetual military occupation" of Judea and Samaria — effectively tell the Palestinians that they should make sure the talks fail, and then Israel's "gonna get it." Kerry laid out the cons

n to delegitimize and isolate Israel — unless Israel succumbs to Palestinian and international dictates for almost complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Jerusalem. Kerry is effectively telling the Palestinians that they should make sure the talks fail, and then Israel's "gonna get it." So now t

for time," Barak told Clinton. A defense ministry spokesman said the main topic of discussion between the two was, however, the building freeze in Judea and Samaria. "The peace process between Israel and the Palestinians requires brave decisions from both sides," Barak said, "and we can not let diff

Security Adviser Gen. Jim Jones to discuss the ongoing peace talks with Palestinians and the possibility of Israel extending the building freeze in the West Bank. "The decisions that lie before Israel and the Palestinians are important ones, far more dramatic than the continuation of construction in Judea an

of the Rabin's assassination Netanyahu declared, "Our strength is the guarantee for our existence and peace. We do not want an Iranian offshoot in Judea and Samaria. This requires a security border in the Jordan Valley, as Rabin said in his last speech." In a May 2011 appearance before the US Congr

in and difficulties in attracting recruits for Israel's combat units. Mr. Prime Minister, imagine drones and robots replacing Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. That would make the occupation easier, at least optically. It's what the U.S. should have had in Iraq and Afghanistan from the start, before the c

ian one. And that counteroffensive must begin with language. Jewish hawks often refer to the territory beyond the green line by the biblical names Judea and Samaria, thereby suggesting that it was, and always will be, Jewish land. Almost everyone else, including this paper, calls it the West Bank.

s to be caught between the jaws of a pincer. On the one hand, the Israeli government is erasing the "green line" that separates Israel proper from the West Bank. In 1980, roughly 12,000 Jews lived in the West Bank (excluding East Jerusalem). Today, government subsidies have helped swell that number to more

ian one. And that counteroffensive must begin with language. Jewish hawks often refer to the territory beyond the green line by the biblical names Judea and Samaria, thereby suggesting that it was, and always will be, Jewish land. Almost everyone EFTA_R1_00224928 EFTA01840335 else, including this

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s to play for time," Barak told A defense ministry spokesman said the main topic of discussion between the two was, however, the building freeze in Judea and Samaria. "The peace process between Israel and the Palestinians requires brave decisions from both sides," Barak said, "and we can not let diff

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en wrestling with, and avoiding, ever since the 1967 war reconnected them with the heartland of ancient Israel, in the West Bank, known to Jews as Judea and Samaria. And that is: "What is the nation state of the Jewish people?" Kerry, by steadily making the answer to that question unavoidable, has s

reason, is asking the Palestinians to recognize Israel as the "nation state of the Jewish people," confirming that if Israel cedes them a state in the West Bank, there will be two-states-for-two-peoples. But, for Netanyahu to get an answer to that question, he will have to give an answer to a question Israe

rom Egypt but were expelled as an undesirable element, "strangers dwelling in their midst and practicing different rites." These exiles settled in Judea under the leadership of Moses, who instituted for them "an unsocial and intolerant mode of life." Already, Nirenberg observes, we can detect "what

ry's inaugural foreign trip as secretary of state will be to the Middle East, where he will lay the groundwork for a presidential visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in mid-March. The administration is at pains to lower expectations for these trips. "The president is not prepared, at this point in ti