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Should Israel care what we think? Should we care what Israel thinks?

Should Israel Care?\n\nThe four pieces addressing the cover story have missed one aspect of the debate (\”Why Should Israel Care What We Think About Jerusalem?\” Jan. 25). The government of Israel, in making decisions on the fate of Jerusalem, is not operating in a vacuum. It is subject to enormous pressures by the international community that is acting in its own interest.\n\nAlmost every Arab country attended the Annapolis conference last November to influence and voice their interest in the ultimate outcome of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and on the issue of Jerusalem. Thus, decisions on the fate of Jerusalem are influenced by a large group of players whose considerations are not always aligned with Israel\’s.

CAMERA, Sabeel and The Jewish Journal

Rob Eshman\’s peculiar attack on CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (\”Butt Out,\” Jan. 25, 2008), for alerting some of its Los Angeles area members and friends to the pernicious activity of an anti-Israel group called the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center and its spokesman, Naim Ateek, is wrong and distorted on many levels.

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