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<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>by Zoe Pollock</em></span></p>
<p>Jennifer Rubin <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2011/01/israel_bashers_indeed.html" target="_self">takes</a> the same old party line and refuses to apologize to Steve Clemons. Earlier she <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/fighting-back-against-the-neocons.html" target="_self">accused him</a> of &quot;Israel bashing&quot;:</p>
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<p>Let me start with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/pickering-hills-sullivan_b_810822.html" target="_self">the letter</a> itself, which seeks to single out Israel  for settlement-building. The timing of the letter is particularly inapt.  This weekend we <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/mid-east-scramble.html" target="_self">read</a> the revelations from past negotiations, which  demonstrate once again that Israeli building is not the stumbling block  to a peace deal. To the contrary, the Palestinians in the past seemed  prepared to give up claims to areas in which Israel has been building,  including most of East Jerusalem. But the letter is more than misguided.  It does precisely what Israel&#39;s foes on the world stage aim to do &#8212;  single out Israel, hold it to a different standard than all other  countries, vilify it and diplomatically isolate the Jewish state. That  is by definition at the very least &quot;Israel bashing.&quot;</p>
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