We do not take down Arab homes that are illegally built while our government tries to find peace with Palestinians who don’t want peace. Why can’t we get our priorities in line with reality?"} 61:{"position":5,"content":"DORRAINE GILBERT WEISS"} 62:{"position":6,"content":"Jerusalem"} 63:{"position":7,"content":"Naive in Ramallah"} 64:{"position":8,"content":"Sir, – Sefi Rachlevsky, one of the people who met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah (“Ross, Hale arrive for final push to start talks and block PA’s UN bid,” September 6), supports the PA’s plan for a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines because “this is a realization of the Zionist dream when a people declare their independence.”"} 65:{"position":9,"content":"How can he compare this to the 2,000-year-old Jewish dream to return to Zion? Rachlevsky says the group that went to Ramallah was deeply impressed by the “extremely moderate” views expressed by Abbas. What moderate views? What about all the anti-Israel statements the PA president makes in Arabic? Rachlevsky also says the West Bank and the Western Wall should be placed under Palestinian control, and that once there is a Palestinian state, “Israel can always demand that certain parts of the West Bank and the Western Wall be placed under Israeli control.”"} 66:{"position":10,"content":"The Arabs will say drop dead."} 67:{"position":11,"content":"The funniest part of the article was when Abbas told his visitors that the Palestinian state will be “democratic and free, with equality between men and women.” Sure. Just like in Gaza."} 68:{"position":12,"content":"How naive can Rachlevsky or anyone else be to believe this?"} 69:{"position":13,"content":"HARVEY MATTHEW "} 6a:{"position":14,"content":"Jerusalem"} 6b:{"position":15,"content":"
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September 8: We’re not animals

Coming in the middle of the night to destroy the Guttmans’ home was not the act of a compassionate civil society.