Prism of Peace: The Failure of the Israeli Left and the Two-
State Solution  In-depth Report:  Time and again one is told of
the Israeli “left,” the many number of Israelis, ranging from
members of the Knesset to shop owners, dedicated to peace. The
40 year occupation is of particular concern to putative peace
activists and purported individuals of conscience. “The burden
of occupation” and its ugly realities, as many so-called dovish
Israeli politicians have pointed out, tear at the moral fiber of
the Jewish state. Yet, even when one looks at the horrors of the
occupation in the Israeli media and political circles, it is at
best through the Israeli prism, which juxtaposes the pain of
Israel in equal magnitude to the pain of the Palestinian people.
This Israeli pain, without its counterpart’s suffering, is
transferred to the papers of the US press and is ultimately
exponentially magnified, giving the American people a distorted
awareness of the Israeli narrative.  Nonetheless, there must be
a clear understandi