From a McClatchy column on Israel's 60th anniversary:

To Jeffrey Goldberg and a long list of Israeli pragmatists, the choice is clear: Hang on to the West Bank and effectively absorb a growing Arab minority that would eventually overtake Zionism's founding mission of creating a Jewish state. Or let go of Israel's Biblically-founded claims to the West Bank and remove recalcitrant Jewish religious settlers so that the land can become a scaled-back version of the Palestinian state once envisioned by the United Nations.

Polls show that most Israelis and Palestinians would accept a two-state solution. But the two sides vehemently disagree on what the borders should look like. And both sides lack a "Nixon-goes-to-China" figure that can break historic taboos.

Everyone knows what has to be done. It's just so damn hard to get there.
I had a frustrating discussion about Israel the other day with a South American Jew who thinks Israel should give the Palestinians the vote and cease to be a Jewish state. That view has long been the conventional wisdom in Europe, and it's catching on in the U.S. too. The Israeli government shoots itself in the foot by expanding the settlements. Time is on the Palestinians' side.