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This should be a relief to Z, Oz says...
Through a character whom Oz names simply "Z," he lays out the scene: Israel's sacred reputation has never been marred beyond repair. Oz cheers this fall from grace...
...follow-up question is, what is a respectable civilized people, anymore? For "civilized," Oz places Israel somewhere on the continuum between Hitler and the Messiah." Israel is a kind of "intermission" between the drama played out at Hitler's behest and the morality play with the Messiah at center stage. The omnipresence of these two figures allows Israel, in Oz's opinion, some leeway in its search to define what "civilized" means to Israelis. Oz hints at his own definition in an interview, coolly allowing that "wars are only just when fought for survival and freedom...
...However, Oz's overriding belief in diversity of opinion gives him license to wrestle with his own concept of "civilized." Part of being civilized, Oz says, is recognizing the legitimacy of other people's nationalist movements. On this point, Oz turns to the editor of AlFajr (The Arab Dawn), a daily East Jerusalem newspaper. Oz argues cogently that to ignore Arab nationalism would be foolhardy...
...Later, Oz says that "there is no copyright law for national experience, and one cannot sue that Palestinian national movement for plagiarism...