The discourse surrounding establishing a Palestinian state for us focuses entirely on security. Not a word about the Land of Israel, about our connection to the land that is the homeland.
Security is essential like nothing else, but it is only a tool to realize the right to live here. The story of our base here, which precedes security, is a different story. Even before this country became a land of refuge for refugees of riots, hatred and the Holocaust, it was aLand of vocation. There is no longer an "Israeli option"