Editorial
One of our readers expressed his uneasiness over the fact that the
previous issue of our journal, focusing on the subject of "Children
of the Conflict," dealt mostly with the plight of Palestinian
children, and much less on the negative effects of the conflict on
Israeli youngsters. Other readers may feel that the present issue,
devoted to "The Struggle for Land," is equally slanted in favor of
the Palestinians.
While presenting a balanced view of events is the basis for all
trustworthy journalism, artificially "balanced" reporting has
nothing to do with serious journalism. It is certainly not the
fault of this journal that there is no symmetry whatsoever between
the pain and grievances experienced over the last fifty years by
the Palestinian people and those experienced by the Israeli
people.
One could argue that part of the Palestinian misfortunes were the
outcome of their leaders' "all-or-nothing" approach, their
systematic rejection of any compromise with the Jews in this
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