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The news that time forgot ... part viii

Yesterday I considered the possiblity that the "Why Israelis don't want to make peace was not the fault of the reporter Karl Vick, but of the editors. Vick's recent tour of the Shomron suggests that this may be the case.

"I wasn't aware of all this," Vick commented, explaining that he did not write the headline for his article and that editing had made the article seem more critical than he meant it to be. He is considering a sequel to it.

I also noted yesterday, that the PA still considers selling land to Jews a capital offense. At least one citizen takes the threat seriously.

One day after the Palestinian Authority reaffirmed the death penalty for Palestinians who sell land to Israelis, one of the most prominent Arab land dealers called on the Israeli authorities to help him and other Palestinians whose lives are at risk.

The veteran land dealer, who asked not to be identified by name - although his identity is known to the PA and many Arab residents in Jerusalem - also appealed to settler groups and American Jewish millionaire Irwin Moskowitz for assistance.

The PA's latest threat should be taken "very seriously," the land dealer, who belongs to a large clan in the city, told The Jerusalem Post.

And Mahmoud Abbas still can't bring himself to acknowledge that Israel is a Jewish state.

Aussie Dave comments:

I guess Abbas is saying Israel is free to call itself what it wants...in the same vein that the people he is representing started calling themselves "palestinians" only after the establishment of the state of Israel.

Credit for the image: Elder of Ziyon.

See previous editions: the original, part ii, part iii, part iv, part v, part vi, and part vii.

Crossposted on Yourish.