In Israel and the U.S., Jewish opinion is shifting
"In the early days, we Jews were in search of our national identity. Now the Palestinians are going through the same search for their national identity. The only foreseeable solution is a territorial compromise." So says Elkana Galli, a former adviser to Israel's first Premier, David Ben- Gurion.
While the hard-lining ultranationalists of Gush Emunim have attracted worldwide attention with their zealous demands for unlimited Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, theirs is far from the prevailing Israeli opinion. Alongside the mass demonstrations...