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Israel and Palestine: Historical Backgrounds311remarks to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee onMarch 16 (the Jerusalem Post commented that the lack of reprimand byhis Herut party “inevitably” gives the impression that “he articulates thetacit premises of official policy”; cited by Jewish Post & Opinion, March30); Francis Ofner, “Sketching Rabin’s Moves towards Peace,” ChristianScience Monitor, June 3, 1974, dispatch from Tel Aviv. See TNCW, p.234, for more on Rabin’s views.75. Amos Oz, “Has Israel Altered its Visions?,” New York Times Magazine,July 11, 1982.76. See TNCW, p. 235-6, for quotes and reference.77. See Flapan, Zionism and the Palestinians., pp. 69f., 82, 222, 259ff.,for extensive discussion.78. Ha’aretz, May 26, 1980.79. Yediot Ahronot, Jan. 15, 1982; Israeli Mirror.80. Michael Walzer, “Nationalism, internationalism, and the Jews: thechimera of a binational state,” in Howe and Gershman, eds., Israel, theArabs and the Middle East.81. See TNCW, pp. 255f., 286f., for some examples, and my articles in NewPolitics, Winter 1975-6, Winter 1978-9, for more.82. See Amos Elon, Ha’aretz, Sept. 28, 1981 (on the development town BeitShemesh); Shevach Weiss, Al Hamishmar, Oct. 2, 1981; Z. Dorsini,Davar, Sept. 21, 1981; Avshalom Ginat, Al Hamishmar, Sept. 18,1981. See Davis, Israel: Utopia Incorporated, for some usefulbackground, and The Dawn (Al Fajr, Jerusalem), Nov. 5, 12, 1982, forinformative discussion. Also the extensive discussion by Ellen Cantarow,“A Family Affair,” Village Voice, Jan. 25, 1983; and David K. Shipler,New York Times, April 6, 7, 8, 1983.83. Irving Howe, see above. Howe states: “I have never been a Zionist; I havealways felt contempt for nationalist and chauvinist sentiments” (“Thinkingthe Unthinkable About Israel: A Personal Statement,” New YorkMagazine, Dec. 24, 1973). We return to the matter.84. Ze’ev Yaphet, “No Lessons were Learned, Nothing was Done,” “TheExhaustion of the Kibbutz Movement,” Ha’aretz, Oct. 15, 22, 1982.Also “Mapai destroyed us,” Ha’aretz, Oct. 15, 1982.Classics in Politics: The Fateful TriangleNoam Chomsky