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Aaron David Miller and Daniel Kurtzer write that the Biden administration must do everything it can to defuse the latest crisis to erupt between Israelis and Palestinians. This will require a multipronged diplomatic effort that is based on a clear division of labor -- the US speaking to Israel, and America's Arab and European partners negotiating with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.
Deseret News Share this story Palestinians gather near a fire burning next to the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem during clashes between police and Palestinian protesters on Monday, May 10, 2021. Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city. The rocket fire drew heavy Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Illean, Associated Press Amos Guiora was on a Zoo...
Advertisement In recent days, the White House and State Department have expressed “serious concerns” about Israeli plans to evict several hundred Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem to make way for far-right Jewish settlers. “As we have consistently said, it is critical to avoid steps that exacerbate tensions or take us farther away from peace,” one statement said. “This includes evictions in East Jerusalem, settlement activity, home demolitions and acts of terrorism.” They added that a Hamas barrage of rockets fired into Israel was “unacceptable,” which they conde...
There are many problems with Human Rights Watchâs (HRW) contention that âIn certain areasâ of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, Israelâs âdeprivationsâ against the Palestinians âare so severe that they amount to the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.â âApartheidâ is a fraught word, and using the term interferes with the cause of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. That was the argument made in a Newsweek op-ed by two longtime American diplomats: Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel; and A...
Former US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, speaking in 2009. We were bound to talk endlessly about the April 27 Human Rights Watch report accusing Israel of the “crime of apartheid” — but the news justifies us being a broken record. The report is getting a lot of attention in ways that earlier apartheid findings have not, including in the New York Times, and it appears to be filtering into the U.S. discourse. The report has the capability to build moral urgency about Palestine in U.S. politics, Omar Baddar said yesterday on a Jerusalem Fund webinar, because of HRW’s ped...