By Hillel Halkin
Yitzhak Rabin was poised to return the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace deal. Hillel Halkin writes that the current civil war proves why that would have been a catastrophic decision.
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By Hillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin thinks Israel’s recent apology to Turkey over the Mavi Marmara incident was a mistake. He believes an apology is owed to those soldiers who boarded the flotilla and to the Israeli people.
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By Hillel Halkin
An Israeli coalition including right winger Naftali Bennett would tackle the Haredi draft exemption but put peace on the back burner. Hillel Halkin explains why the left should embrace it.
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By Hillel Halkin
We accept it as dogma that the Jewish settlements on the West Bank are the main obstacle to peace. But why couldn’t the settlers just continue to live in a Palestinian state?
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By Hillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin, the Forward’s newest columnist, boasts of choosing every Israeli prime minister since 1974. But he plans not to vote in the January 22 election. Here’s why.
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