Controversial commercials highlight historic balancing act between Israel and American Jews...

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http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/controversial-commercials-highlight-historic-balancing-act-between-israel-and-american-jews-1.399239

"As for the concept of Israel as a “Jewish state”, which has now become such a central demand in the Israeli and Jewish discourse on the peace process, it is indeed ironic that Blaustein’s representatives from the American Jewish Committee, who had been invited to voice their opinion on various aspects of a constitution that Israel had sought to enact when it was established, actually boasted of their success in removing the term “Jewish state” from the final drafts of the constitution – that was never enacted - and replacing it with the term “State of Israel.”

Haaretz 2-12-2011

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1. So why is Netanyahu demanding Abbas recognize Israel as the "Jewish State"?..........n/t