Volume 43, Number 18 · November 14, 1996
An Unholy War
By Amos Oz
'The tunnel touches the Foundation-rock of our existence,' said Mr. Netanyahu, thus defining the crux of the division within Israeli society: Israel was not founded to dig tunnels underneath the Muslim quarter in Jerusalem, or in order to rebuild the Jewish quarter of Hebron. Israel was created in order to enable the Jewish people to exist as a free nation, in harmony and peace with its neighbors and the rest of the world. This goal is now attainable, but there are some among us who are pushing Israel into a new type of war for new goals. Sacrificing the initial purpose for which Israel was founded on the altar of the 'Foundation-rock of our existence' might drag us all into an endless cycle of religious wars.
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