[SJackson]

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[carton253]

Well Rabin did recognize the PLO, negotiated with it, and set the Palestinians upon the path of statehood.

[NonValueAdded]

Saving Israel From Itself ... somebody better. You guys are nuts over there and sadly our government seems to be complicit. The lessons of S. Lebanon then Gaza weren’t enough??? Sheesh!

Then again, it will be all glassed over within the decade.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Jan Willen van der Hoeven gets it and nails it - ping!

[carton253]

One other thing... I think it smacks of arrogance for someone to write that Israel must be saved from itself. I have spent the last 18 months living in Israel... this great people are well able to take care of themselves.

What needs to be done for Israel is for the world and by that I mean Americans, Europeans, Arabs, NGO's, the UN, to allow Israel to get off the tightrope it has walked since 1949 and be a state on the same level playing field that all the other countries are on. Until that happens, Israel will continue to be torn apart trying to maintain her own security and her place among the nations.

The author of the article would be better served conveying that message for it is a real and desperate need. But until the world system stops seeing everything through a reductionalist prism, this tension will continue,and Israel will continue to be stretched.