Just yesterday I wrote, By not rejecting the peace process, Israel is accepting negotiations which aim to bridge the gap. Netanyahu is following in the footsteps of Barak and Olmert. Netanyahu inherited the Shalit negotiations and once complained that he was dealt a lousy hand as though he couldn’t have started all over again. Similarly, he is not prepared to start all over again on peace negotiations and is prepared to play with the hand he was dealt. It too is a lousy hand. And yesterday we read By Netanyahu formaly agreeing to present such a plan in three months, he confirms that he is following Olmert and Barak. This is something Bibi has repeatedly said he would not do just as he has always said he is against the Shalit deal. By Dr. Yasser Dasmabebi, FrontPage So, purely as a public service, I have organized the following glossary of the most pertinent terms and expressions, as typically used in the above-mentioned news sources. I hope, insha’allah, the reader will find it helpful to unravel the Gordian Knot of language that is today?s (and yesterday?s and tomorrow?s) Middle East! Dr. Yasser Dasmabebi holds the Edward Said-Noam Chomsky Linguistics Chair at Abdul Abulbul Amir... Read the exclusive ISRAEL HAYOM interviews with the leading Republican candidates. Romney: Obama threw Israel under the bus Cain: Obama’s weakness invites attack on Israel and America
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Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
Saturday, 29 October 2011
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