Sunday 7 July 2013

Into The Fray: Why Israel is lost


IsraPundit


Into The Fray: Why Israel is lost  

07/04/2013 20:41
The future of Israel is being forfeited by a determined Left, refusing to relinquish a disproven delusion of two states; and by a despairing Right embracing a fanciful formula for one state.
Tel Aviv skyline
Tel Aviv skyline Photo: Marc Israel Sellem
 
We were watching the unraveling of Israel and despairing about whether or not it can be saved. 
– A distraught email received last week from a prominent pro-Israel activist

I see Israel as a lost polity, one full of talent, energy and resolve but lacking direction.
– Daniel Pipes, “Israel’s Strategic Incompetence,” January 2009
Time is running out for Israel. Don’t let the soaring skyscrapers, plush offices and luxurious penthouses that make up its rapidly changing urban sky-line fool you. Something is gravely amiss with the direction in which the nation is drifting.
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Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel