JTA: White House dumps the Palestinian playbook [re: refugees]
Lara Frieman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said denying the Palestinians the multigenerational attachment to historical Palestine embedded in their refugee status was odd, considering the millennia-long Jewish attachment to the land of Israel. “For folks who naively believe we’re simplifying the Palestinian issue, they are not taking seriously the power of narrative and grievances,” she said. ‘How long have Jews held fast to ‘next year in Jerusalem’?”