One day, when Palestinians outnumber Jews, Israel will have to choose between being Jewish and being democratic
On June 5, 1967, Israel launched a pre-emptive war against Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In six days it annihilated the Arab air forces, defeated the Arab armies, and conquered the Sinai Peninsula, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. It seemed like a decisive victory at the time -- but 40 years later, the outcome is still in doubt.
Ehud Olmert, now Israel's prime minister, put it bluntly in an interview with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in 2003: "We are approaching the point where more and more Palestinians will say: 'We have been won over. We agree with (extreme right-wing Israeli politician Avigdor) Liberman. There is no room for two states between Jordan and the sea. All that we want is the right to vote.' "The day they do that is the day we lose everything."
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