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2020-08-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

5 winners and 4 losers in the historic treaty between Israel and the UAE

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 headline says 5 winners but body lists 4

liberal zionists in both winners and losers

Posted by lord garth 2020-08-16 16:45|| 2020-08-16 16:45|| Front Page Top

#2 From the link:
Winner: Liberal Zionists

Liberal Zionism is built on the idea that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is Israel’s most pressing diplomatic concern. This accord does not do that.

Yet liberal Zionist groups are celebrating the agreement. After all, their long-term goal is an Israel at peace with its neighbors. This isn’t how they thought they would get there, but a treaty is still a treaty. J Street, the largest liberal Zionist organization, said in a statement that the pact is “just the latest evidence that dialogue and diplomacy, rather than unilateral action and belligerence, are the route to long-term security.”

The suspension of annexation is also at least a temporary win for liberal Zionists, who have been bemoaning that such a move would mean the end of efforts toward a Palestinian state alongside Israel. For them, this is a temporary reprieve from that threat.
Loser: Liberal Zionists

Still, the accord is a major blow to the idea that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is Israel’s most pressing diplomatic concern. Liberal Zionists have warned that without sacrifices on the Palestinian issue, peace with other Arab countries is impossible.

Liberal Zionists have said, too, that continued West Bank occupation harms US-Israel relations. The UAE deal is a major blow to that idea. Occupation wasn’t an obstacle for the Trump administration, and apparently it’s not for the UAE, either.

Liberal Zionists have protested for more than a decade against Netanyahu and his policies. This is a major win for a man they desperately want to see lose.

The suspension of West Bank annexation isn’t a sure thing, either. Shortly after the treaty was announced, Netanyahu said he still hasn’t given up on annexing parts of the West Bank. So the one concession Netanyahu appeared to have made on their issue might not even last.

Posted by Frank G 2020-08-16 17:04|| 2020-08-16 17:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The article lists one more winner, lord garth: The long view of Israeli history. I didn’t think it was important enough to mention, but I should have kept in mind the eagle eyes of our readers.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-16 17:05|| 2020-08-16 17:05|| Front Page Top

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