The refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state

Earlier this week, I discussed Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert's precondition to negotiations that the 'Palestinians' agree that Israel is a Jewish state and the reasons behind it. Olmert should stick by his guns, but you can rest assured that he won't. In today's Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby writes about what the 'Palestinians' are saying by rejecting the demand to declare Israel a Jewish state (Hat