Lerner presents a utopian view of the Israeli/Arab conflict. It might make for feel-good philosophy, but has nothing to do with reality. The Israeli/Arab conflict is not one of "criminals" but a religious and national war. If everyone was as sane as Lerner proposes, we would never have gotten to this point. The Arabs opposed the establishment of Israel in 1948, and continued to oppose Israel to this day. Arabs controlled the West Bank and Gaza until 1967, yet they never established a Palestinian country there, and continued to attack Israel and try to destroy her. The war against Israel and the Jewish right to self determination is, and has always been, a religious Jihad against "infidels." As such, it cannot be reasoned with. Lerner presents an American, Western, idealistic, "progressive" utopian vision. It is utter nonsense. Don't waste your time or money on it - you will learn nothing useful, only mumbo-jumbo. Pretending that we all can "just get along" is not only wishful thinking, it also subscribes to the idea that truth is relative, righteousness is relative, and that all sides are equally correct. In my opinion, this is dangerous talk. Terrorists are not common criminals - they are much worse. And there is never, ever, ever any excuse for blowing up children on buses and in restaurants. And self defense against hostility and terrorism is not the same as aggression targetted at innocent civilians. This is the kind of nonsense that got us to this point in the first place.

Lerner presents a utopian view of the Israeli/Arab conflict. It might make for feel-good philosophy, but has nothing to do with reality. The Israeli/Arab conflict is not one of "criminals" but a religious and national war. If everyone was as sane as Lerner proposes, we would never have gotten to this point. The Arabs opposed the establishment of Israel in 1948, and continued to oppose Israel to this day. Arabs controlled the West Bank and Gaza until 1967, yet they never established a Palestinian country there, and continued to attack Israel and try to destroy her. The war against Israel and the Jewish right to self determination is, and has always been, a religious Jihad against "infidels." As such, it cannot be reasoned with. Lerner presents an American, Western, idealistic, "progressive" utopian vision. It is utter nonsense. Don't waste your time or money on it - you will learn nothing useful, only mumbo-jumbo. Pretending that we all can "just get along" is not only wishful thinking, it also subscribes to the idea that truth is relative, righteousness is relative, and that all sides are equally correct. In my opinion, this is dangerous talk. Terrorists are not common criminals - they are much worse. And there is never, ever, ever any excuse for blowing up children on buses and in restaurants. And self defense against hostility and terrorism is not the same as aggression targetted at innocent civilians. This is the kind of nonsense that got us to this point in the first place.