US, Israel, and the Middle East: An existential question - opinion
America's posture in the region is of existential significance for Israel.
YITZHAK RABIN and Yasser Arafat shake hands, as Bill Clinton looks on, after the signing of an Israel-PLO accord in 1993 at the White House. From the 1990s, Israel consistently demonstrated conciliatory instincts and restraint, but its neighbors interpreted this as weakness, says the writer.(photo credit: GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS)ByRONEN ITZIK
