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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Why Palestinian Nationalism Is a Nonstarter
The comedian Robin Williams said he was once interviewed on German television and was asked why he thought there wasn't much comedy in Germany. He replied: 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?' In his op-ed 'A Hebron 'Emirate' or a Colonial Deception?' (July 10), Mahmoud Jabari decries an alternative to the two-state solution, which he says is the only path toward 'real' peace. If there is less appetite in Israel today for Mr. Jabari's preferred solution, it is partly because, on Oct. 7, 2023, Palestinians murdered many of the Israelis who agreed with him.
Wall Street Journal
3 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
The Best Judge of ‘Real Peace' in the Mideast
The most important thing to note about 'A Hebron 'Emirate' or a Colonial Deception?' (op-ed, July 10) is that the author, Mahmoud Jabari, writes from Geneva. He lives there, while the Palestinians whose peace proposal he criticizes live in Hebron or part time in East Jerusalem. Mr. Jabari claims to have left during the second intifada. That was 20 years ago. Surely those on the ground have a better grip on life there and how to improve it than he. Mr. Jabari writes that his family had long lived in Hebron and 'didn't leave by choice. The violence of the second intifada and the relentless aggression of Israeli settlers made staying impossible.' The area where Mr. Jabari lived, H2, is populated by about 35,000 Palestinians who actually 'didn't leave by choice' and didn't find 'staying impossible.' They're still there.
