To Life, In Israel Yet if settlements continue to grow and we are committed to democracy, we have no convincing response to offer., It is not our task to say what a final peace agreement should look like. But there will be no final agreement if settlement growth . does not stop. There are those who say that terror must end first and that it is too early to consider such a step. This situation is far more com- plex. It is not too early; in fact, it is very nearly too late. With each passing day, a two-state solution becomes more difficult and the likelihood of a single-state solution increases. Not all settlers are.extremists. But their leaders are trying to impose an endless war on Israel and the Jewish people. "Not all settlers are extremists. But their leaders are trying to impose an endless war on Israel and the Jewish people." —Rabbi Yoffie For these zealots, their right to live anywhere in the historic Land of Israel takes precedence over Israel's democracy and, indeed, over her very existence. But I do not believe now, and I have never believed, that they speak for the Israeli majority. We know that Israel did not choose to fight this dreadful war. We, too, yearn for peace. We mar- vel at the strength and determina- tion of the Israeli people. With their children on the front lines, they have refused to cower in their homes or give in to terror. The heroism of Israelis continues to inspire us. The Reform move- ment has been, and will always be, champions of the Zionist cause. But every Jew must consider the very real dangers that the settle- ments pose. Surely the Jewish people did not dream of Zion for 2,000 years in order to be a minority in somebody else's state. 0 Jerusalem 'm ironing my son's Israel army uniform. There is to be a cere- mony. I pray for him to be safe, with a mixture of pride and fear. Doron made aliyah four years ago and is in the reserves of this army protect- ing Jews. We didn't GERALDINE have such an army SPILMAN in Europe during the Community pogroms or during Views the Holocaust. How blessed we are to be here at this moment in time when there is a Jewish state. As a mother, I grieve at seeing the young men and women prepared to defend it. The ironing board is set up in a tiny kosher kitchen in Israel. I fill the steam iron with water, which is pre- cious here. Any leftover from the teapot, when cooled, will water plants on the tiny balcony. As I press the olive green shirt, I see the living room. By the way, the apartment is 500 square feet of liv- ing, loving space. I see a couch, books (many of which are filled with prayers), a rocking chair (nine days ago a baby, Neshama, was born) and a long folding table that opens for Shabbat. There also are a small TV ( rarely - turned on), a CD player and a "horse." This horse is an eight-foot- wide wire stand which takes up one- third of the living room and is usual- ly laden with the day's laundry. Doron and Sarah live on the first floor, 34 steps up. I am so happy in this modest apartment, nurtured by the love between husband and wife and child that permeates every inch of space. I am revered and respected here. It comes from Torah. I am finished pressing the uniform now. I have no idea that, in a few hours, I will be at the Israeli "Pentagon" in Tel Aviv. There, I will be honored as Ruti Yaron, a brigadier general, asks me to attach my son's captain's bars to his uniform. Afterwards, we will be served honey cake and wine, and toast L'Chayim. It is a very rich life here in Israel. Rich in love, warmth and brother- hood. 0 1 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 'TIL 10 PM! 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