twisted, defamed, and subjected to emotional and hysterical br

diatribes by people who are too frightened to consider them in- br

telligently or to debate them intellectually. It is far easier to br

shout “Fascist!” or “Racist!” than to think. It is ironic, though br

I suppose inevitable, that those whose “Jewishness” is irrelevant br

to them and who lack scholarly knowledge of “Jewish values” br

should shout at me, “Un-Jewish!”

If one wants to know what Jewish values are, the place to br

search for them is not in Karl Marx or Edmund Burke or Thom- br

as Jefferson. Jewish values are found in Jewish sources, most of br

which are vast wildernesses unexplored by the hysterical critics br

who have suddenly discovered “Jewish” morality.

I love the Jewish people and the Jewish state, and it is be- br

cause of this that I preach the words I do. I am committed to br

Judaism and real Jewish values, and every word in this book— br

disagreeable as it may be to most—is Judaism.

It is a human failing to be unwilling to think about, let br

alone acknowledge, uncomfortable realities. Painful decisions br

are delayed and painful problems avoided. That which is un- br

bearably difficult to contemplate is put out of mind, denied, and br

we think that to look away will make the problem go away. It is br

a human delusion that we Jews—so eager to find peace and br

tranquility after centuries of suffering—have developed to the br

finest of arts.

But the Arab problem will not go away, because the very existence of br

the Jewish state creates it.

And precisely because the reality is so painful and so clearly br

threatening to the very foundation of the Zionist-Jewish state, br

Jews make haste to delude themselves with patent nonsense and br

cosmetic camouflage. The Arab-Jewish problem in the State of br

Israel threatens the very philosophy and most deeply held beliefs br

of Jews. It lays bare the glaring foolishness and misconceptions br

upon which political Zionism is based. Worst of all, for the secu- br

lar, Western-oriented Jew, it clearly and inexorably forces him br

to choose between Western liberal democracy and a Jewish state.

I do not wish to lose the Jewish state through either war or peace. I br

do not wish to see Arabs or Jews killed in the Land of Israel, but br

many, many will die, I fear. And if it happens, it will not be br

because we will have done what I call for, but rather because we br

will not have done it. And so, let there not be hysteria or br