I hope Livni will be a smashing success. Her assertion that Israel must give up a sizable piece of land to the Palestinians in order to maintain peace is egoless, pragmatic, and most of all true.
That ego driven pissing match that's been going on is ridiculous. Israel took the land via the Balfour agreement, basically taking the land by force. Their justification was that the land was theirs...via religious right. A Jewish manifest destiny.
I'm glad this pragmatic and seemingly sensible woman has an opportunity to sell her rational agenda:
Return some of the land we took by force in exchange for peace. That's not a bad trade.
