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Compromise Is Not Popular. It's Not At All Popular Among Young People Who These Days Call Themselves "activists." They Think Compromises Are Dishonest, Opportunistic, Humiliating. Not In My Vocabulary.

Recently With Is And Islamist Fanaticism, It Has Become Easy For The Israeli Government To Simply Push The Palestinian Struggle For Self-determination Into The Same Ranks As These Fundamentalist Movements.

I Don't Think Israelis Are Less Critical Of Corruption Than People In Italy, France Or America. Israel Is Special In A Different Way. There Is A Daytime Israel And A Nighttime Israel. The First Is Self-confident, Pushy And Passionate, Like Other Mediterranean Lands. It Is Hedonistic, Materialistic And Almost Arrogant. During The Nighttime, People Are Terrified, People Are Filled With Existential Dreads. These Fears Aren't Baseless.

In Fact, Every One Of Us - Every Nation, Every Individual Begins Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands Of Years Prior To The Date That Appears In The Passport.

Almost Every Modern Literary Form Existed In Hebrew Two Thousand Years Ago. And, Yes, It Existed Even During The Middle Ages.