Two scenes from Israel today. In the southern city of Beersheva, Israelis horribly mutilated the dead body of an Eritrean worker, mistaking him for a terrorist who had just murdered a soldier.
And in the generic suburb of Kfar Vitkin, a hummus café offered 50 percent discounts to tables of Jews and Arabs sitting together.
Statistically speaking, there are still more Kfar Vitkins than Beershevas—still more Israelis and Palestinians who want to mind their own business, secure two states for two peoples, and find a way to get along. Most people, on both sides, are just not that political.
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