Word: zionism
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...more interesting question raised by Sharon's election is the future of domestic politics and the prospects for rebuilding Israeli national unity. William Safire, who brags that his pal Arik called him first after his victory speech, says Sharon's rise to power signals a "reinvigoration of Zionism." In today's "post-Zionist" world, can Sharon, a greying relic of a bygone era, really revive Israel's national spirit...
Indeed, "post-Zionism" has become the root of all evil in the rhetoric of the Israeli right. As Israelis weary of sending generation after generation of their children into wars which not even the most decisive military victory can end, they have lost the will to continue the Jewish national struggle and are more inclined to concede the country's most fundamental values, like control over the Temple Mount, for the sake of peace--and quiet. Or at least, so say Safire and his right-wing chums, who take "peacemonger" as a much stronger insult than "warmonger...
Mending Israel's internal divisions--achieving true, not artificial, national unity--is the only way to bring about a new era of post-post-Zionism...
Peace with Syria in many ways amounts to the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict. If Syria--the champion of anti-Zionism--makes peace with Israel, the rest of the Arab world will follow suit. Enlarging the circle of peace in the Middle East, Barak reasons, will enhance Israel's security by further isolating states opposed to the peace process like Iran and Iraq. Not long ago encircled by hostile neighbors, Israel will become the center of a ring of peace...
Rehman continues to present U.N. resolutions condemning Israel under the assumption that the U.N. offers an impartial, reliable perspective on Israeli policy when in fact the body remains tainted by the infamous resolution passed in 1975 equating Zionism with racism. While the U.N. repealed this resolution nearly two decades later, should one not regard the United Nations with wary eye in this arena...