Martin Indyk

The Jewish Nation State Demand Another Pipe Dream

 
by URI AVNERY
Netanyahu demand that the Palestinian leadership recognize Israel as the “Nation State of the Jewish People just another trick to sabotage the “peace process”
WHAT’S WRONG about the demand that the Palestinian leadership recognize Israel as the “Nation State of the Jewish People”?
Well, practically everything.
States recognize each other. They don’t have to recognize each other’s ideological character.

Another Pipe Dream

What’s wrong about the demand that the Palestinian leadership recognize Israel as the “Nation State of the Jewish People”?
Well, practically everything.
States recognize each other. They don’t have to recognize each other’s ideological character.
A state is a reality. Ideologies belong to the abstract realm.
When the United States recognized the Soviet Union in 1933, it recognized the state. It did not recognize its communist nature.

Quit meddling, Kerry, leave the Israel problem to the proper authorities

  Quit meddling, Kerry, leave the Israel problem to the proper authorities
The former ambassador to Israel tapped by Secretary of State John Kerry as U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations just a year and a half ago voiced pessimism about the prospects for a peace agreement.
by Stuart Littlewood