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Steve Frank

Steve Frank is an attorney, retired after a 30-year career as an appellate lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. His writings on Israel, the law and architecture have appeared in numerous publications, including “The Washington Post,” “The Chicago Tribune,” “The Jerusalem Post,” “The Times of Israel” and “Moment” magazine.

Anti-Zionism is merely today’s cloak for classical anti-Semitism.
None of the sponsors of the recent solidarity rally in Washington is engaging in any analysis of why it failed.
Though the particulars will largely be abandoned, the next president would do well to consider retaining some of its overriding principles.
The news of the Jewish genocide in Europe was mostly ignored, except by two men whose lives are largely forgotten: an acclaimed American-Jewish playwright and an underground fighter in pre-state Israel.
Peter Beinart’s position is nothing more than a progressive Upper West Side Jew’s pipe dream that normally would warrant little attention. But his screed has crossed an otherwise impregnable red line that threatens to spread if left unquarantined.
Peter Beinart’s support for a one-state solution is making waves, but is it real?
If Israel does not extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, it is likely that the status quo will continue, settlement activity will progress and any remaining hope for a two-state solution will die a natural death, if it is not already defunct.
There is simply no excuse to stand on the sidelines of this existential debate merely because the issue is “controversial.”
Perhaps the best response to the dire warnings and threats regarding Israeli annexation of parts of Judea and Samaria is that given by former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to then-Sen. Joe Biden in 1982.
The pro-Israel lobby group can either be allied with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party or unabashedly pro-Israel, but cannot be both. It is time for AIPAC to decide.
Those who criticize the U.S. peace plan as being unattractive to the Palestinians miss the point—the only plan the Palestinians would find attractive would be one that included Tel Aviv and Netanya.
Although the new U.S. proposal is unlikely to achieve its purported goal, it underscores certain facts long debated and now confirmed, and sheds light on the future path for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.