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August 1, 2016

Mahmoud Abbas: The Greatest Obstacle to the Two-State Solution

Why American—or Israeli—party platforms don’t matter.

The Palestinian Authority’s president has devoted years to stunts ostensibly aimed at gaining recognition of a Palestinian state, the latest of which is his new plan to sue Britain for issuing the Balfour declaration in 1917. But, Benny Avni writes, he has shown little interest in actually creating such a state:

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