1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgStaffhttps://www.jta.org/author/bira‘Settlements’ Not Key Issue - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GQZ7zVY0sA"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2012/03/27/ny/settlements-not-key-issue">‘Settlements’ Not Key Issue</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2012/03/27/ny/settlements-not-key-issue/embed#?secret=GQZ7zVY0sA" width="600" height="338" title="“‘Settlements’ Not Key Issue” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="GQZ7zVY0sA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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With all due respect to Peter Beinart and others like him who argue that the “settlements” are at the core of the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the fact is that there were settlements when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat entered into an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, when Jordan’s King Hussein […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315