The Globe and Mail opines on Israel@60 today, in “A call to courage” (subscription required.) Taking as a theme the brave actions of Yossi Harel, who captained the immgrant ship Exodus 1947, the Globe extorts Israelis to use the “courage of Yossi Harel and his generation” as a guide to making peace with the Palestinians.
The Globe is fair in its assessment of the current situation: “There is much emphasis in the analysis accompanying Israel’s 60th anniversary on the negatives: the Iranian threat, the demographic challenges, and much legitimate concern also over the plight of the Palestinian people, who live in hopelessness and squalor. Yet the lineaments of a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians exist. Israel’s leadership, and its Palestinian counterparts, know what a peace agreement would look like. Extremism, especially but not exclusively on the Palestinian side, must not be allowed to create a situation that sees Israel content to live with security measures that fall short of a comprehensive peace.”
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