The Irreconcilability of the Palestinian Israeli Conflict

I think at a certain point, all peoples have to decide if they want to recover the past or build the future. We're not going to make any progress in this business unless Israelis and Jews can own how horrible that experience was for them. The Palestinians are part of their enduring suffering is that their home is gone. They feel homeless. And so a lot of what is irreconcilable. If the Palestinians had leadership that said, we want to honor the past, but build the future without it coming at the expense of yours. I think many, many Israelis are in a place where ... I can embrace the role that we played," writes Yossi Ben-Ami.