(Jerusalem Post) David Harris - The New York Times finds it "refreshing" that President Obama "has forced public debate on issues that must be debated publicly for a peace deal to happen." Really? Why publicly? Were the Camp David Accords of 1979, the Oslo Accords and the Israel-Jordan talks, all of which involved immensely challenging and sticky issues, thrust into the public realm for a "refreshing" debate before agreement was reached? They were not. The writer is Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee.
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