Every innocent Israeli as well as Lebanese and Palestinian civilian that’s killed right now I think we can say is at least in part due to American inaction, due to America sitting on its hands rather than getting involved to stop this bloodshed. —Daniel Levy, advisor in the Prime Minister's Office, member of the official Israel negotiating team at the Oslo B and Taba talks, and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative, speaking through a Town Hall conference call

[Thanks to Louise Kienast for the transcription.]

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