NEW YORK, November 14, 2009 – The New York Times today published a story entitled
“The Times of Israel”
While Palestinians have a fair bit of reason to fear that the Palestinians are not as safe as they have been in Israel, the Times’ analysis of the situation in Israel is even more interesting than its previous story.
On the contrary, it seems obvious to me that Israel is on the verge of a “war” in which, in the words of one writer, “the world is no longer safe”.
On its face, this is a great shame for Israel. The “world is no longer safe” is hardly a foreign concept, even in the sense of what is said in the United Nations General Assembly. For example, the most recent United Nations report says that if you do not accept the U.S. plan to build a new “security” center in East Jerusalem, you will also not accept the proposed development of another security center in the West Bank.
Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.