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You mentioned being afraid of relinquishing something. What was that specifically? What did it involve for you personally?

Now, I always have to say immediately that in a perfect world I don't believe there should be any states. In a perfect world there would be no borders; there wouldn't be territory. The human race has not evolved that way yet. There is still a need for groups, affiliation with groups, allegiances, and it seems, territory. And until we get rid of the need for religion, there's nothing to talk about. Until we evolve-human beings, all of us-beyond the need for religion, which is still a very inherent need for people, I don't think there's any possibility. So, I believe the world would be a better place if there were no states, but until that day comes I still feel-it's absurd to say that this is a safe place considering how miserable everything is here- that Jews have their right to a place of their own just like the Palestinians do. Melisse Lewine-Boskovich 6 Religion

You mentioned being afraid of relinquishing something. What was that specifically? What did it involve for you personally?

Oh boy. That's a trick question. It's not meant to be. It was just relinquishing what was my narrative. My narrative was one way of interpreting. If you take it further, to give it more detail, there is the question of whether the work we're doing is really aimed at an end game that looks like there will be no Jewish state. I wonder whether I'm involved in a process that's going to lead to my demise. That bothers me sometimes. There was never such a concept as a state for all of its citizens [in Israel] until about five years ago; it was never a phrase. It wasn't a notion and it wasn't even a concept. So things could go in that direction. And those in this field of peace building are among those who are "notorious" for promoting that kind of thinking. So I'm part of that. And I sometimes wonder. I'm not ready to give up the Jewish state. If that makes me a bad peacemaker, so be it, but I'm not ready to do it yet. Now, I always have to say immediately that in a perfect world I don't believe there should be any states. In a perfect world there would be no borders; there wouldn't be territory. The human race has not evolved that way yet. There is still a need for groups, affiliation with groups, allegiances, and it seems, territory. And until we get rid of the need for religion, there's nothing to talk about. Until we evolve-human beings, all of us-beyond the need for religion, which is still a very inherent need for people, I don't think there's any possibility. So, I believe the world would be a better place if there were no states, but until that day comes I still feel-it's absurd to say that this is a safe place considering how miserable everything is here-that Jews have their right to a place of their own just like the Palestinians do. It's not necessarily a notion favored among the super-leftists.