Debate Aversion Therapy  The one thing almost all observers
agree on is that progress towards realizing a two-state solution
is on indefinite hold for the foreseeable future. This means we
are facing an open-ended interregnum that all parties can use to
seriously debate their options and to act unilaterally to either
promote or obstruct peace. The problem is that both Israelis and
Palestinians are mystifyingly avoiding their crucial national
debates so that the real momentum has been handed over to some
of the most dangerous forces at play, particularly the Israeli
settlement movement.  Today's disturbing New York Times op-ed by
Dani Dayan demonstrates the current triumphalist spirit of the
greater Israeli project.  Most Israelis, living far from the
occupation in the central coastal area around Tel Aviv, appear
to be living in a dangerous collective denial about the threat
this poses to their future. They are choosing to ignore it, and
there seems to be no stomach for confronting or restraining the
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