For a philosopher known for having an opinion on virtually everything, Bernard-Henri Lévy can be surprisingly terse. Shrugging his shoulders and raising his hands as if to ask 'isn’t it obvious,' Lévy responds to the question 'why as such a staunch supporter of Israel did you put your name to the recent JCall petition,' with the answer 'because I am a supporter of Israel.'
But, I put to him, the Right accuses JCall of being shortsighted, of not understanding history and of erroneously putting the onus on Israel when the formula of land for peace is dead and when it is incumbent on the Arabs to recognize Israel as a Jewish state for peace to be made."
