The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is building up -- literally. Gershom Gorenberg reports that the pattern of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem may erase the Clinton parameters for peace. Could real estate development prevent a two-state solution? And over at The New York Review of Books, Gershom considers Benny Morris' revisionist history of the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem.
Meanwhile, Terence Samuel prepares for a contentious Supreme Court appointment process in the wake of Justice David Souter's retirement. Let's get ready to rumble?
And it's finger-pointing time! Robert Kuttner reviews four books about capitalism's failings.
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