Roger Cohen, “Jews in a Whisper,” New York Times, August 21, 2011. A concise statement of the case for ending the Israeli occupation of and the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
I would add that the same logic and morality requires an end to: (1) the second class status of Israeli Arabs, particularly when it comes to the vote; (2) state-sanctioned conversion of Arab land in Jerusalem; (3) use of gigantic walls to partition Palestinian villages and farms in the West Bank; (4) denial of basic necessities and economic trade to the Palestinians, especially in the West Bank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/cohen-jews-in-a-whisper.html?_r=1
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