YES, WE are an Israeli nation, a nation whose existence is bound to the fate of the State of Israel.
This does not mean that those of us who are Jews have to disown our Jewish past, its traditions and values, and our connections with the world-wide ethno-religious Jewish community. But we have reached a new stage in our development.
So, perhaps, have the Arab and other Muslim peoples around us. New forms are in the making.
History shows that human societies are changing all the time, much as a butterfly develops from an egg into a caterpillar, from there to a chrysalis and from there to the beautifully colored adult.
For the butterfly, that is the end. For us, I hope, this is a new beginning.
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