Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War

American Israeli philosopher Goodman (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem; Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism) proposes freeing Israeli discourse regarding the political and moral dilemmas posed by Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War and subsequent occupation of Palestine from the ideologies holding Israelis to their given positions. His first concern, which occupies most of the book, is getting Israelis of opposing viewpoints to listen to one another and come to understand that both are right and wrong regarding their dreams and fears for the future of Israel. He cites decisions in Jewish history and the early days of Zionism to demonstrate how being open to alternative viewpoints has contributed to Jewish survival. In the final part, Goodman presents compromises suggested by Israeli diplomatic security experts that would relieve the challenges of living alongside one another on both Israelis and Palestinians without presuming to be solutions to the problem of the conflict.