Well, well, well, isn't this awkward? After all that talk about Israel having "no partner" for peace, it turns out the Palestinians were ready to make a deal after all, on terms that weren't far from Israel's bottom line.

I grew up in Washington, D.C., at the height of the Cold War...I was 10 when my mother was summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities...

Read this compelling personal reflection which ends: "Sixty years have passed. I went halfway across the world. And now it begins again, right here in Israel."