Mahmoud Abbas: The Greatest Obstacle to the Two-State Solution
Why American—or Israeli—party platforms don’t matter.
August 1, 2016
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To judge from recent stories in Israeli media—about the failure of the compromise plan for allowing mixed-sex prayers at the Western Wall, the rollback of general-education requirements for ultra-Orthodox children, and so forth—one might conclude that the country’s Ḥaredim are growing ever more extreme and ever more adept at resisting outside pressure. Evelyn Gordon contends that something altogether different is afoot:
Why American—or Israeli—party platforms don’t matter.
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To judge from recent stories in Israeli media—about the failure of the compromise plan for allowing mixed-sex prayers at the Western Wall, the rollback of general-education requirements for ultra-Orthodox children, and so forth—one might conclude that the country’s Ḥaredim are growing ever more extreme and ever more adept at resisting outside pressure. Evelyn Gordon contends that something altogether different is afoot:
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