(BLOG) Is Israel's Left In Denial?

"Leftists focus on technical issues, dodge religious aspect of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

During a debate on Tuesday between former Meretz MK Yossi Beilin, left-wing architect of the Oslo Accords and right-wing National Union MK Aryeh Eldad, the latter challenged the former's elaborate scheme of moving towards the establishment of a second Arab Palestinian state, and his fundamental premise.

'This is not a territorial dispute,' Eldad asserted, 'but a theological one, a religious war. The Arabs consider Israel Wakf land (under Muslim authority) and therefore they cannot and will not recognize a state run by infidels – Jews – under any circumstances.'"