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Israeli Apathy Defeats The Arab Peace Initiative

The Israeli right wing has succeeded in rendering the public apathetic and lethargic about any proposal to end the conflict, including the Arab Peace Initiative.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (centre L), Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (C) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (centre R) arrive to the Arab Peace Initiative Committee Meeting in Doha December 9, 2012.  REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous (QATAR - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3BDR2
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The greatest achievement of the Israeli right is not the settlement enterprise. The greatest achievement of the Israeli right is its success in making most of the Israeli public lethargic and apathetic.

Earlier this week (May 27), there was a conference in Tel Aviv dedicated exclusively to the Arab Peace Initiative. The conference was organized by the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue of the Netanya Academic College, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Yisrael Yozemet (Israeli Peace Initiative), which is a group founded to promote the Arab Peace Initiative. The conference had a large turnout that included academics, economists and people who were once senior figures in the Israeli political system.

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