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Rick Jacobs

“He’s someone who has made a career out of hatred and encouraging violence,” said Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Otzma Yehudit leader.
Some prominent Jewish proponents of the decades-long peace process between Israelis and Palestinians now claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s controversial speech on Jan. 14 disqualifies him as a negotiating partner, while other dovish Jewish leaders are accusing the Trump administration of provoking the Palestinian leader.