Democratic institutions, not borders, are crucial to the making of a Palestinian state, a senior Bush administration official said. “The true definition of a state is found in its institutions,” not its borders, the official said this week in an off-the-record briefing with U.S. Jewish leaders.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.