Now that you mention it, I've not seen figures on this issue, but I bet that American Jews are far more likely to identify with Zionism than the European Jews who stayed. I wonder if part of it is survivor guilt with a twist -- American Jews didn't simply survive the Holocaust...it never touched us.
Where can they find the compromise?
People often snark it, but the land for peace formula has been very successful since 1979.
What both sides currently need to do is actually assess the stark failures of their approaches: Israeli collective punishment only hardens the Palestinians and gives support to new generations of militants. Palestinian terrorism against Israeli civilians only produces reactionary governments more inclined to crack down.
Yet both sides keep going down those same paths -- it's insane.
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Date: 6/3/10 14:58 (UTC)Where can they find the compromise?
People often snark it, but the land for peace formula has been very successful since 1979.
What both sides currently need to do is actually assess the stark failures of their approaches: Israeli collective punishment only hardens the Palestinians and gives support to new generations of militants. Palestinian terrorism against Israeli civilians only produces reactionary governments more inclined to crack down.
Yet both sides keep going down those same paths -- it's insane.