Netanyahu Fears Kerry Moving Away from Israeli Stance on Two-State Solution

Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a cool reception to an apparent softening in the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, although the amendment had been welcomed in other Arab and Israeli quarters. Israeli media outlets reported that Netanyahu fears that US Secretary of State John Kerry will accept the principal of territorial exchanges in any future deal. The original Arab League proposal offered full recognition of Israel but only if Tel Aviv gave up al...

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The Israel We Do Not Know

Being something of an exception in the Middle East, the Israeli elections are often great fun and full of surprises. This time we saw the emergence of politician Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party that has won the admiration even of its political rivals after gaining 19 seats in the Israeli Knesset. Lapid is a TV presenter and a news anchor who decided only a few months ago to enter politics, competing with and even embarrassing senior politicians such as Tzipi Livni and Avigdor Lieberman...

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