By Zvi Bar'el : Israel has lost its shot at the Arab peace initiative
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Title: "Orphaning"? Name: Mark Lincoln City: Houston State: Texas
"Orphaning the Arab initiative?" What a curious headline. In English an `orphan` has three meanings: 1 : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents 2 : a young animal that has lost its mother 3 : one deprived of some protection or advantage Israel has chosen not to `orphan` the Arab initiative, it has chosen to categorically reject it. Only the first meaning(s) of `reject` matter: 1 a: to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use b: to refuse to hear, receive, or admit : rebuff, repel c: to refuse as lover or spouse Israel has out of hand refused the "Arab peace initiative" without ever considering or entertaining it. Nothing has been `orphaned` and everything rejected. Zvi Bar`el intends to deceive. Which is to say " to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid." Israel has rejected without consideration the Arab initiative. This is Israel`s right, and it is Israel`s decision.