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December 13, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2010/12/joe_lieberman_foreign_policy_maven.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Sen. Lieberman on Settlement Freeze: "When You Are in a Hole, Stop Digging"

(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - Asked why the Obama administration finally gave up its effort to induce Israel to offer up a 90-day settlement freeze, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said, "There are smart people in this administration and they realized they were in a bad position." He observed that when you are in a hole, the first thing is "to stop digging." He said that focusing on a settlement freeze "was a mistake," putting both Israelis and Palestinians in a position in which they could not give in. He recalled that past administrations never demanded a settlement freeze while they conducted far-reaching talks.

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