[Times-UK] Editorial - Mr. Netanyahu's concerns are not groundless. His warnings about Iran's nuclear program, which is plainly not designed purely for generating electricity, are far from being alarmist. When President Ahmadinejad gleefully anticipates the destruction of the Jewish state, Israeli leaders have every good reason - geographically and historically - to insist on the urgency of the issue. Western governments have a tendency to believe that a two-state settlement is within Israel's power to effect by fiat. In practice, two states are not a solution to the conflict so much as the highly desirable outcome of the end of the conflict. Getting there will require greater trust than now exists between the protagonists, and between the new U.S. administration and Israeli government. Israel has not only, in the customary demeaning phrase, a right to exist: it has a right to expect support against bellicose threats.
2009-05-21 06:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive