Uri Savir

In 2015, we will continue to live within this dichotomy, in an even more intensified way.

The attempt to create a Greater Israel is today the biggest threat facing the country; it risks our identity and security, as the alternative to a 2-state solution is a no (Jewish) state solution.

On October 5, 1984, I began a 30-year journey with one of the country’s great founders and one of the most fascinating statesmen in the world.

Yes, we did deteriorate so much that our democracy is in danger. Israel is in danger.

To drink a cup of coffee with someone often implies a moment of relaxation, of intimacy; Outside one’s country, it is an occasion to observe people in a different cultural environment.

Our aim must be to weaken Hamas, and therefore we must build bridges of interests with its foes in Ramallah, Cairo, Riyadh and Amman.

Israel has a choice to make for its own interests: either strengthen Fatah through a diplomatic agreement, or try to weaken Hamas through war.

The recent attacks will only serve to strengthen extremists, weaken moderates, and push peace and a two-state solution farther away.

The United States is most probably the greatest success story of modern history. A country as close to it as Israel can profit by learning from its achievements.

In these days of the World Cup I am reminded of a football match that I organized in the Rome Olympic stadium in the year 2000, under the auspices of Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat.