“When Chris Wallace of Fox News asked what he thought of the Palestinian ‘right of return,’ one of the fundamental obstacles to peace in the Middle East, the prospective candidate was clearly befuddled. ‘The right of return? The right of return?’
“The interlocutor explained, gently, that he was talking about the off-the-table Palestinian position that refugees should have the right to return to territory lost with the establishment of Israel. Mr. Cain hesitated again, and then compounded innocent ignorance with unforgivable folly. ‘I don’t think [the Israelis] have a big problem with people returning,’ he said. ‘The issue is there are some things they simply do not want to give in on.'”
Wrong answer!
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