Bernard Avishai has been doing great work recently. Here he contemplates the true tragic import of the likely new government, and hints at the inevitable liberal response to it (one state, baby). Notice Avishai's generosity: Israelis pride themselves on technological achievement. They say in essence, don't disturb us about apartheid because we will show you how to desalinate water! Well Avishai wants to share that legacy too:
[I]t is not at all clear that [Livni's] vision, or Ehud Barak's
for that matter, is much different from Netanyahu's, or Lieberman's for
that matter–one of the reasons Livni has been so coy. Indeed, it is
not at all clear, as Haaretz's Nehemia Shtrasler wrote recently, that Israel really has a political party that envisions both secular, democratic principles as the basis for internal peace, and global enterprises as the building blocks of an external peace.
for that matter, is much different from Netanyahu's, or Lieberman's for
that matter–one of the reasons Livni has been so coy. Indeed, it is
not at all clear, as Haaretz's Nehemia Shtrasler wrote recently, that Israel really has a political party that envisions both secular, democratic principles as the basis for internal peace, and global enterprises as the building blocks of an external peace.
This
is the great disappointment of the last election, a shame, truly, since
so many Israelis would know what to do with peace. Just last week, as
was widely reported, a team of Israeli scientists announced a
breakthrough invention, an "artificial nose" that was able to "sniff"
cancer in 92% of cases. What was not widely reported is that the lead
doctor, Hossam Haick, is a Christian Arab from Nazareth, the child of a family which a 1948 version of national unity failed to drive away.
is the great disappointment of the last election, a shame, truly, since
so many Israelis would know what to do with peace. Just last week, as
was widely reported, a team of Israeli scientists announced a
breakthrough invention, an "artificial nose" that was able to "sniff"
cancer in 92% of cases. What was not widely reported is that the lead
doctor, Hossam Haick, is a Christian Arab from Nazareth, the child of a family which a 1948 version of national unity failed to drive away.
Thanks to Jeff Blankfort.
