What’s the injustice?

Israel faces existential threats; so does the dream of a two-state solution.

For more than 2,000 years, Jews across the world dreamed of a sovereign society where they could live in safety and peace and express their Jewish values. But since that Zionist dream came to life in 1948, the modern State of Israel has endured wars and conflicts in every generation and at every border — each military campaign and terrorist attack waged against Israel on the antisemitic premise that Jews do not have the right to self-determination in their ancestral home. In recent years, with the help of a robust military and diplomatic alliance with the United States, Israel has maintained a strategic edge in the Middle East — but threats to Israel’s security, stability, and democracy remain.

The violence perpetrated against Jews and Israel, from the 20th century until today, underscore the critical need for a Jewish homeland — a place that is open to Jewish immigration, buoyed by military might, and guarantees freedom of religion and practice to all people. There is only one path to that outcome: A region that includes two states for two peoples, living side by side in peace, security, and prosperity. This Jewish state must be governed by the ideals of justice and compassion, pluralistic in its vision, and engaged in the work of forging common bonds with Israel’s Palestinian neighbors.

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