Israel-Palestine

A fascinating quick read from Ha’aretz’s Akiva Eldar. The first part gives some of the background on just what happened with that announcement of new building in East Jerusalem that has rocked US-Israeli relations. And then after that, a brief discussion of a conversation Eldar had a few years ago with David Kimche, the legendary Israeli spy and diplomat who died last week at 82. They discussed a proposal Kimche and a colleague submitted to the Israeli cabinet in June 1967, outlining a two-state solution quite similar to the various proposed 1967 border-based agreements that are the only real solution to the conflict. Of course, the idea was rejected.