(Wall Street Journal) Douglas J. Feith - The relatively "moderate" Palestinian Authority, in its official daily newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, continually refers to Israeli cities as "occupied Haifa" or "occupied Jaffa." In other words, even pre-1967 Israel is "occupied territory" and all Israeli towns are "settlements." Friday's UN resolution says disputed issues should be "agreed by the parties through negotiations." Yet the resolution calls the West Bank and east Jerusalem "Palestinian territory." So much for negotiations. The writer, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, served as U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy (2001-05).
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