"A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the only real alternative. Because a unitary state winds up either being an apartheid state with second class citizens—or it ends up being a state that destroys the capacity of Israel to be a Jewish state," John Kerry told something called the Trilateral Commision, according to the Daily Beast.

Now we'll see if Democrats can rally around one of their own for speaking the truth, or whether they'll cower in the face of mounting criticism from the right. Actually never mind, looks like the latter is a foregone conclusion.

Matt Bors' cartoon hits the obvious nail on the head. And Associated Press diplomatic correspondent Matthew Lee ponders:


The question makes the doubtful assumption that at one time, it was not pathetic and petty. Name any "DC policy community" and I'm pretty sure those two words invariably apply.