(Times of Israel) David Makovsky - Shimon Peres was relentlessly intent on securing Zionism in the present to ensure a better future for his people and for the region. The key to Zionism, as he saw it, was not waiting for others to determine the nation's future. Zionism was about Jews seeking to shape their sovereign future and not be shaped by it. The writer is director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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