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A failed Israeli society collapses while its leaders remain silent

By Avraham Burg
Avraham Burg was speaker of Israel's Knesset from 1999 to 2003 and is a former
chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel. He is currently a Labor Party Knesset
member. This essay is adapted by the author from an article that appeared in
Yediot Aharonot.

August 29, 2003

The Zionist revolution has always rested on two pillars: a just path and an
ethical leadership. Neither of these is operative any longer. The Israeli nation
today rests on a scaffolding of corruption, and on foundations of oppression and
injustice. As such, the end of the Zionist enterprise is already on our
doorstep. There is a real chance that ours will be the last Zionist generation.
There may yet be a Jewish state here, but it will be a different sort, strange
and ugly.

http://www.cmep.org/Alerts/2003Sep22.htm