Robert Wright has a great essay in The Atlantic which parses through various reports in the media of a speech given by the Iranian president, Ahmadinejad. The thread of the essay is that the various different ways words can be interpreted leads to a high degree of misleading reporting. His example is a good thing to keep in mind whenever one is reading about volatile political matters in the press.
The Israeli-Palestinian dispute has received very little attention lately, and one should not doubt that the inattention is deliberate. Much is changing in the region, and the chances for peace are becoming increasingly remote. One powerful reason is that the Israeli settlements in the West Bank continue to grow in size, and there are now over 350,000 in the Occupied territory. The chances for a two-state solution become significantly less likely with each passing day.
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