Why 'peace' is elusive
There's a great letter in Thursday's New York Times by Queens College Sociology Professor Samuel Heilman in response to the Malley and Agha article that argued that a 'two-state solution' wouldn't solve anything. If in the face of 61 years of the existence of Israel, which today is home to roughly 40 percent of the world’s Jews, Mr. Agha and Mr. Malley can argue that the definition of Israel as the Jewish state is still an open question, then the likelihood of a resolution of the conflict is as small as it’s ever been.Game, set and match.
Who can blame the Jewish people and citizens of Israel for their insecurity? The world that stood by as a third of the Jewish population — six million — was murdered still questions the right of those who survived and their offspring to define their ancestral homeland as the state of the Jews.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:22 PM
1 Comments:
Israel has no reason to trust the West when the West has failed to live up to previous promises. Its not the West that will bear the risks if a peace agreement sours. Its Israel's citizens that will be in danger.
What could go wrong indeed
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