Misinformation

Sir, – Regarding “High hopes, low expectations” by Douglas M. Bloomfield (Washington Watch, July 25), I was disappointed to read misinformation in a reliably Zionist newspaper.

Bloomfield states that “polls show both [the Israeli and Palestinian] publics support the twostate solution.” If only it were true.

Israelis define the two-state solution as two states, one Arab and one Jewish. The Palestinians define the states as one entirely free of Jews and the other a state with unlimited immigration rights for anyone who claims Palestinian heritage.

The Palestinian two-state solution would result in two states, both Arab. JOEL LEVINE

Ashdod

Sir, – Gershon Baskin states that 70 percent of Israelis seek peace with their neighbors. The figure is much higher – they just don’t wish to commit collective suicide based on the terms that the author and the Palestinians advocate. How many Palestinians wish to live in peace with the Jewish state of Israel? What about Hamas, the peace-loving ruler of the Gaza Strip?

How wonderful it would be for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to bow to all the pressure and lose respect from close allies and friends but be welcomed in capitals all over the world. One has to believe that this was also part of the motivation for the architects of the disastrous Oslo Accords. JONATHAN SURASKY

Ra’anana