understanding politics, considerations

Israel’s First Citizen


October 2nd, 2008 · Israel and the Middle East, Judaism, Religion, World Affairs

RISHON LEZION, Israel — Here is a heart­en­ing inter­view with Israeli Pres­i­dent Shi­mon Peres, who calls for more sen­si­tiv­ity, polite­ness, dia­logue and respect among peo­ple of dif­fer­ent cul­tural, reli­gious, and polit­i­cal back­grounds, as well as between Israelis in general.

As I wrote in a recent Let­ter from Israel, this is some­thing that the coun­try truly needs.