Prodded and pressured

Some denizens of the Jewish left have become obsessed with the idea that those who speak of Palestinian rejectionism or the lack of a genuine peace partner for Israel are falsifying the record. Palestinian leaders have frequently mocked the idea of accepting the legitimacy of a Jewish state, no matter where its borders might be drawn, and their media has spewed forth hatred for Jews and Zionism on a consistent basis. But we are still told by groups such as J Street that the Palestinian Authority has embraced the concept of peace and that it is Israel — which has spent the last 18 years making a steady stream of concessions to keep a dying peace process alive — that must be prodded and pressured into giving even more to appease the Arabs.
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