The popular story – a fantasy, actually – focuses on a small group of Palestinian Arabs on a small patch of the Holy Land, where they are represented as noble victims.

People in the West are primed to believe that compromise is invariably the solution to conflict. But there are some issues where the agenda brooks no compromise because it is by definition non-negotiable, and where "compromise" is therefore a fig leaf for surrender.

In 1981, the elite tried to separate Israel of the "second tier" from the leader they had voted into office, Menachem Begin, claiming he was putting the future of the country in danger. Not much has changed.

U.S. President Donald Trump expected to veto demand that U.S. stop support for Saudi-led war against Houthi rebels, which has resulted in thousands of Yemenis killed and millions facing starvation • Sen. Chris Murphy: Backing for war "a moral stain on this nation."

For both Netanyahu and Gantz, the path to a national unity government is more plausible than they've been willing to admit.