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...most ardent peace activists that turning over full control of the West Bank to the Palestinians could be dangerous. With land for peace discredited, the Israeli public turned to deterrence, using the strongest army in the region to crush opponents. Once Palestinians realize that they cannot defeat Israel - the thinking goes - Israel's other adversaries will...
Even for those Israelis still disposed to think that peace with the Palestinians is possible, there is a new worry. In the run-up to the Gaza war, the Israeli public was constantly told that Hamas was Iran's proxy. According to some experts, Iran - whose President has said, "Israel has no right to exist and soon will vanish" - was providing Hamas with long-range and more-accurate missiles, money and training. It was a powerful argument that was repeated often in the Israeli media, to chilling effect...
...Gaza war has shifted the course of Israel's current election campaign. Avshalom Vilan, a Knesset member from Meretz, a left-wing party, said it would have been "committing political suicide" not to support the war. Both Meretz and the mainstream Labor Party did so but said the air strikes should have ended after the first three days to keep down the civilian casualties. "The electorate now has a deep hatred of Arabs, such distrust," says Vilan. "They see us as Arab lovers, and they don't accept that we're patriots fighting for the long-term interests of Israel...
...activist of Ta'ayush, which defends Palestinians from settlers who destroy their olive groves. "We're worn out," says Shulman. "The right wing has sold to the Israeli public [former Prime Minister] Ariel Sharon's foolish idea that there are no partners among the Palestinians." Until that changes - until Israel is prepared to talk to its Palestinian adversaries, and they are prepared to listen - the fighting is bound to continue...
...pictures of 60 years of Israel...