It is common to hear from good-hearted individuals who are [obviously] not familiar with the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the simple, naïve question of “why can’t Israelis and Palestinian just get along and share the land?”
Of late, a new paradigm has emerged that Zionism and the state of Israel need to accommodate the Palestinian-state-to-be by abolishing themselves. Case in point: Palestinian lawyer and activist Jonathan Kuttab suggested in a recent piece in the LA Times that, “Zionism will ultimately need to redefine its goals and aspirations, this time without ignoring or seeking to dispossess the indigenous Palestinian population. Palestinians will also have to deal with this reality, and accept – even enthusiastically endorse — the elements required to make Jews truly feel at peace in the single new state that will be the home of both people.”
