In accepting the notion of a demilitarized Palestinian state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopted what is essentially the position of a large swath of Israelis and American Jewish groups.
Lost in the hoopla over the U.S. demands for an Israeli settlement freeze has been the Obama administration’s stepped-up emphasis on the issue of Palestinian incitement, which refers generally to the promotion of hatred and violence against Israel in government-controlled entities.
In Modiin Illit, one of the fastest-growing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the “natural growth” that Washington wants halted appears unstoppable.