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Recommended Readings: June 2009 Archives

The prize for this week's most stupid remark has to go to the officials, officers and experts who described Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the candidate Israel prefers to win the election in Iran
Faulty analysis of the Israeli settlement issue is being passed off as fact. Charles Krauthammer's June 5 column, "The Settlements Myth," is one example.

JTA Blog: "Reform rabbis back Obama on settlements"

The president's demand for a stop to all settement activity in Israel is "in the best interest of the United States, of the State of Israel, and of peace."
Senior U.S. officials, including special Mideast envoy George Mitchell, say they might propose immediate talks on setting the West Bank's borders, in view of Israel's opposition to a freeze on settlement construction.
The Obama administration is caught in a series of binds it has not yet acknowledged: its efforts will ultimately founder unless it finds a formula that deals with Hamas
Written by M.J. Rosenberg, Director of Policy for the Israel Policy Forum
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Gaza infertility specialist, is a familiar figure to Israelis - a Palestinian who crossed the lines of enmity years ago to work in Israeli hospitals and become a frequent guest on Israeli TV and radio.
As President Obama prepares to head to the Middle East this week, administration officials are debating how to toughen their stance against any expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

LA Times Editorial: "Showdown on settlements"

The communities in the West Bank are an obstacle to peace. The U.S. should push a building freeze.
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