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Understanding John Kerry's Logic

Diplomatic Gambles

Abbas and Netanyahu need each other if they want to be something other than historical losers. That's why John Kerry's diplomatic logic just might work, writes Bernard Avishai.

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“It’s not an agreement—it’s an agreement to have lengthy negotiations,” writes the dean of Israeli columnists, Nahum Barnea, in Yediot Achronot; and negotiations “have been part of our life for a very long time.”

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