(Access-Middle East) Dave Bender interviews Eran Lerman - The International Court of Justice has retroactively decided to judge the Six-Day War of 1967 as a war of aggression, and that Israel is not entitled to do anything in the territories that came under Israeli control as a result of that war. The whole thing has been about [Arafat's effort] to bring Israel as fast as possible before a coercive international mechanism, rather than compromise. Arafat is not interested in a dialogue with Israeli public opinion. All he's interested in is the imposition of his version of international legitimacy on Israel. Former Israeli Intelligence Corps analyst Eran Lerman is director of the American Jewish Committee's Middle East office.
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