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October 6, 2014

The President’s Objection to Building Houses for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem Makes No Sense

The left-wing organization Peace Now has manufactured a crisis out of a symbolic order, signed by the mayor of Jerusalem, authorizing continued construction of homes in eastern Jerusalem. The housing project had been approved in 2012, and half of the new units had been set aside for Jerusalem Arabs. Why should the White House, the State Department, and the media have pounced on it as evidence of of Israeli bad faith? Elliott Abrams speculates:

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October 6, 2014

  1. The Story of the Gaza War Isn’t Complicated—and Israel Won

  2. Why Mahmoud Abbas Cannot Be a Partner for Negotiations with Israel

  3. The President’s Objection to Building Houses for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem Makes No Sense

  4. Evgeny Kissin: Up Front and Personal

  5. What’s Wrong with Martin Amis’s New Holocaust Novel?