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Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 1/5/2009
Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
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Former recess-appointed UN ambassador John Bolton writes that “ war in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed.” Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control Gaza; the Palestinian Authority is broken, ...

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Matthew Yglesias:  Bolton in Fantasyland

More oddities in the U.S. "debate" over Israel/Gaza - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 1/2/2009
More oddities in the U.S. "debate" over Israel/Gaza - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below) This Rasmussen Reports poll -- the first to survey American public opinion specifically regarding the Israeli attack on Gaza -- strongly bolsters the severe disconnect I documented the other day between (a) American public opinion on ... (more) More oddities in the U.S. "debate" over Israel/Gaza - ...

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washingtonpost.com - 1/5/2009
John R. Bolton - The Three-State Option
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) John R. Bolton - The Three-State Option

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juancole.com - 1/4/2009
Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars
— juancole.com — With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional struggles in which infantry, artillery, armor and air forces played central roles. Israel's ... (more) Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

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Bolton in Fantasyland
Matthew Yglesias — ... For some reason, major op-ed page editors feel that it’s a good idea to publish op-eds expressing old discredited ideas from discredited figures like John Bolton. For his latest offering, Bolton puts forward what he calls a “three state” approach to the Palestinian problem, in which “Gaza is returned to Egyptian control and the West Bank in some configuration reverts to Jordanian sovereignty.” Matt Duss offers some response. Marc Lynch ...

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