MER - Jewish Agency and WZO at odds...

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Bonds are fraying here in America, too. It’s not just the apathy of the younger generation. The older generation is having its own trouble with the reality of Jewish statehood. Major Jewish organizations have been virtually silent on the approaching Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Annapolis, despite the urgency that Israel’s government attaches to the parley. No local agency has embraced the concessions that Israel is offering as the price of peace. Several are lobbying Congress to block a peace deal. The Saudi arms deal proposed by the Bush administration and endorsed by Jerusalem is actually being fought by the organized Jewish community. For Jewish loyalists, it seems, Israel arose to avenge the crimes of the Jews’ enemies. The idea of embracing those enemies, of offering compromises and forgiving the past, seems incomprehensible to them. <b on></b> </body>