In 1948, Israel's path is set and it comes with the UN. That path tragically in my view leaves the Arab future in this region a mess. It wasn't supposed to be that way. There was a plan that probably wouldn't have worked, but it was aPlan that the Arabs rejected. If they had said yes, then we would probably be looking at a very different scenario. But they said no, the Jews said unhappily yes,. Then the Arabs of course unleashed a war on May 14. And they lost. The borders that it ends up with people call the 1967 borders basically because they don't change again till 1967.
As Israel turns 75, has it fulfilled the promise of its founders? Daniel Gordis of Shalem College talks about his book, Impossible Takes Longer, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts looking at the successes and failures of Israel. Topics discussed include the history of Zionism, the plight of the Palestinians, the Jewishness of the Jewish state, and the current debate in Israel over judicial reform.