False Dichotomies

“Fifty-seven Arab and Islamic countries will establish diplomat connections and normal relations with Israeli in exchange for a full peace agreement and an end to the occupation.”

With these words, printed in Hebrew, the tenacious story of the Arab Peace Initiative took another intriguing twist. On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority advertised the plan in Israel’s three leading Hebrew-language dailies. This marks an interesting change of strategy. For the first time, an Arab government has gone over the head of the Israeli leadership, reaching out directly to the Israeli people, in their own language.” Read on at CIF.