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Politics : Middle East Politics
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To: Frederick Langford who wrote (6476)5/5/2004 8:08:39 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (1) of 6945
 
The Lonely Historian

theatlantic.com

"Do you find yourself realigned with any existing body of Israeli or world opinion?

Not really. I think the right—the right meaning the settlers and the Likud and so on—still regards me with deep suspicion and, if you like, horror for revealing things about Israel's past that may be correct but shouldn't have been revealed. And the anti-Israeli left, which includes Israeli Jews as well, of course doesn't like my line. So I am alone. But this has been my situation as a historian since I began my writings, so it's not that unusual.

What is your outlook for Israel's future? Are you depressed?

I think I'm basically depressed. I think unless there is a basic change of heart and mind—a change of mindset—among Palestinians and in the Arab world in general about Israel, we're in for a continuous struggle over the coming decades. Basically what is needed here is a compromise based on two states, and that in effect requires Arab acceptance of Israel's legitimacy. But so long as there is this view of Israel as a cancer in the Middle East—which like a Crusader's stake must be uprooted and will be uprooted—there will be no compromise here. It doesn't matter what agreement is signed or what temporary ceasefires occur. In the long term of history, it's meaningless. So long as Israel's legitimacy is questioned, its existence is not assured."
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