Fantastic book review from Rabbi David Wolpe of author Peter Beinart's "The Crisis of Zionism". Would highly recommend it for high school students and above. So many profound and true statements here. Very balanced in my humble opinion. Definitely worth reading and using for classroom discussions and debates.
One of my favorite parts from Rabbi Wolpe, "When people ask what keeps the (Israeli/Palestinian) conflict going, I invite them to imagine
that tomorrow the Palestinians had the firepower of the Israelis and the
Israelis the firepower of the Palestinians. Do you think the Jews
would be subject to occasional harassment , resource depletion and
roadblocks? Or do you suspect, do you know somewhere deep down, that
the world would witness a terrible massacre? And if you think the
second, how gingerly would you conduct negotiations toward statehood?
Beinart's Crisis, a book review by Rabbi David Wolpe
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