Wallerstein on Israel

note: there is good history here, very concise. I was surprised with his conclusion that the Israeli- Palestinian crisis might be moving in the direction of a one state solution – I don’t know that Wallerstein has ever made such an assertion in the past…but the logic of his argument – the failure of the Israelis to take advantage of peace opportunities in the past (in contrast to the Israel argument that it is the Palestinians that have refused to do so) is both convincing and accurate and the history of Israel’s relationship with great (or maybe now not-so-great) powers is well done and accurate

Article here.