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Article: THERE IS HOPE
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- Jerusalem Post
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- November 22, 1994
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Victor Schlatter
Jerusalem Post
11-22-1994
Sir, - I refer to Abba Eban's intellectually disturbing article, "Beyond the painful dilemma shines a vision" (October 15).
He denies the opposition any marks for sagacity in probing an alternative to a very real potential for suicide. But how many marks can we award Mr. Eban for his own wisdom? He belittles an alternative to the current trends of capitulation which involve a grand giveaway of Israel's defensive territorial edge. The prevailing assumption - and hardly a rational assumption - is that with full cups and full pockets, the sworn enemies of Israel will in utopian euphoria turn beautifully benevolent. Beyond a background of this ...