Why 'peace' is elusive

There's a great letter in Thursday's New York Times by Queens College Sociology Professor Samuel Heilman in response to the Malley and Agha article that argued that a 'two-state solution' wouldn't solve anything. If in the face of 61 years of the existence of Israel, which today is home to roughly 40 percent of the world’s Jews, Mr. Agha and Mr. Malley can argue that the definition of Israel as