Ben Birnbaum

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Israel, Palestine, and the End of the Two-State Solution

newrepublic.com — One Friday evening last November, Mahmoud Abbas made a rare appearance on the popular Israeli TV station, Channel 2. In his boxy suit and tie, the Palestinian president looked every bit his 77 years, his olive skin tinged with gray, his voice soft and whispery. He shifted in his seat with every answer.

bensilverstein: Inspired by an Ami Ayalon quote ...

twitter.com — Inspired by an Ami Ayalon quote found in @Ben_Birnbaum's recent #mustread (http://on.tnr.com/14LN93Z ) #Israel #zionism pic.twitter.com/ppGAJgrnUc

Israel, Palestine, and the End of the Two-State Solution

newrepublic.com — One Friday evening last November, Mahmoud Abbas made a rare appearance on the popular Israeli TV station, Channel 2. In his boxy suit and tie, the Palestinian president looked every bit his 77 years, his olive skin tinged with gray, his voice soft and whispery. He shifted in his seat with every answer.

bensilverstein: Inspired by an Ami Ayalon quote ...

twitter.com — Inspired by an Ami Ayalon quote found in @Ben_Birnbaum's recent #mustread (http://on.tnr.com/14LN93Z ) #Israel #zionism pic.twitter.com/ppGAJgrnUc
Big Twitter welcome to fellow Israel/Palestine journalist @shira_rubin--writes 4 @csmonitor @HuffingtonPost @tabletmag & others. FOLLOW HER!

Fierce urgency for a two-state solution?

msnbc.msn.com — Video on msnbc.com: The New Republic's Ben Birnbaum joins Alex Wagner and the NOW panel from Tel Aviv to talk about "Operation Desert Schmooze" and the relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
RT @tnr: The clock is ticking for those with hopes for a #TwoStateSolution, says @ben_birnbaum in our newest COVER STORY: t.co/2m ...

Israel, Palestine, and the End of the Two-State Solution

newrepublic.com — One Friday evening last November, Mahmoud Abbas made a rare appearance on the popular Israeli TV station, Channel 2. In his boxy suit and tie, the Palestinian president looked every bit his 77 years, his olive skin tinged with gray, his voice soft and whispery. He shifted in his seat with every answer.
RT @NowWithAlex: Pres Obama: Negotiations will be necessary but little secret about where they must lead-2 states for 2 peoples @Ben_Bir ...
RT @mattduss: Obama's trip to Israel can’t be a success if he doesn’t temper salutations with a dose of real talk. t.co/22ryV4TX ...
"I don't think #Israel can afford to let President Obama step aside." ICYMI: Transcript of my Ehud Olmert interview t.co/hic1aaOe9h

A conversation with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert about t

newrepublic.com — TEL AVIV-"I was considering it, but I reached the conclusion that the best time will be the next time." That was what former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert told me a week after Israel's January election when I asked him why-after surveying a political comeback last fall-he decided not to challenge successor Benjamin Netanyahu.
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