As I celebrate Passover this year, I will be thinking not only of my people's distant past but also of our recent past and our future. I will be thinking of the fact that we will soon mark 44 years of Israel's rule over another people and pondering why Israel's leaders - and ours - have not yet found a way to rid the Jewish state of this moral, economic, political and security burden. I will be thinking of the profound positive benefits that an Israeli- Palestinian peace accord would have for American interests regionally and globally.