Some will consider this article provocative – especially if they deem “resettling” as more heinous than “recurrence of war.” Talkbacks (100) Consideration should be given even to the heroic remedy of transfer of populations… the hardship of moving is great, but it is less than the constant suffering of minorities and the constant recurrence of […]
Israel cannot afford the same miscalculations made in the peace treaty with Egypt on its fronts with the Palestinians and the Syrians. The road to hell is paved with good intentions – Aphorism attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) We cannot conclude from the good intentions of a statesman that his foreign policies will […]
By adopting a policy to avoid confrontations in which it can prevail, Israel may eventually find itself forced into one in which it cannot. Our hope – a hope 2,000 years old – will not be lost: To be a free people in our land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem – From “Hatikva” (“The […]
The underpinnings of Israeli democracy are being imperiled by those purporting to be its staunchest defenders. Talkbacks (27) Religion, nationalism and a people’s complex of ethical habits and customs have traditionally been interpreted as obstacles to the establishment of successful democratic political institutions. But the truth is considerably more complicated, for the success of liberal […]