Some people in Jerusalem think talk of integration is crazy or naive. What is crazy is doing the same thing over and over, hoping for a different result.

Despite my belief in creating mixed communities.  I have never been naive when it comes to security. I advocate for programs that meet security standards set forth by COGAT and our security apparatus.

I have been an Israeli since 1988. In that time, we got better trash bins and stronger glass for rockets. That does not remove the cause. That does not take away an enemy. I spent Shabbat in Gaza in 1986. It did not look like this. For an old olah, the drop is not a theory. It is a street I walked.

Avraham Avinu kept a tent open on four sides. He fed the guest who came in peace. His family stayed who they were. That is not a slogan from abroad. That is our own book. Klal Yisrael was never one sealed household. It was many origins under one law.

The fastest way to grow loyalty to the State is for the State to care for the people in it. Idle young men fill prisons and factions. A watched village with work and a table does not. Pump money back into the kibbutz — not as........

© The Times of Israel (Blogs)