Fear Will Hold Israel Back

Roger Cohen, The New York Times | April 20, 2009

A two-state solution is essential to Israel's survival as a Jewish state. ++ Maintaining the occupation of Palestine and the building of settlements in the West Bank "gnaws at the very foundations of the Zionist dream". ++ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for Palestinian leaders in the West Bank, who have recognized Israel, to go further and recognize it as a Jewish state, even before he accepts a hypothetical Palestinian state is a sign of the Israeli angst occupation has institutionalized.

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