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H.W. Bush brought Israel in line: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-hw-bush-israel-palestinians-progressives_n_60a6d388e4b0a25683107530 https://www.huffpost
by hexane360 2y ago
H.W. Bush brought Israel in line: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-hw-bush-israel-palestinians-progressives_n_60a6d388e4b0a25683107530 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-hw-bush-israel-palesti...
Reagan did it with a single phone call: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/13/world/reagan-demands-end-to-attacks-in-a-blunt-telephone-call-to-begin.html https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/13/world/reagan-demands-end-...
- tptacek 2y agoBush's settlement policies didn't work at all. West Bank settlements drastically increased in the years following that showdown. Can you look at a graph and spot the point where Bush "brought Israel in line"? (I kind of like Bush 1, at least as a competent operator with some discernible principles, and think Israeli settlement of the West Bank is abhorrent).