How is Edenism responsible for internal Jewish divisions?
• It [the moment of the Oslo agreement revelation, or of the handshake] allowed us to dream great dreams-of Israel as the Hong Kong of a new Middle East, of Jews and Palestinians joining forces to build it, to create a united continent of great tolerance and real freedom, of science, of education and understanding. – Rabbi Alexander Schindler, President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations • Unrealistic expectations about peace work like a euphoria-inducing drug. The process [of de-toxifying] would hardly be easy or pleasant, but it is the only way out of Oslo’s web. Much rides on the ability of Israelis to revive those qualities of steadiness and determination that sustained them for decades when the Jewish state did not expect “peace now. – Douglas J. Feith, , former U.S.
