Editorial
One of our readers expressed his uneasiness over the fact that the previous issue of our journal, focusing on the subject of "Children of the Conflict," dealt mostly with the plight of Palestinian children, and much less on the negative effects of the conflict on Israeli youngsters. Other readers may feel that the present issue, devoted to "The Struggle for Land," is equally slanted in favor of the Palestinians.
While presenting a balanced view of events is the basis for all trustworthy journalism, artificially "balanced" reporting has nothing to do with serious journalism. It is certainly not the fault of this journal that there is no symmetry whatsoever between the pain and grievances experienced over the last fifty years by the Palestinian people and those experienced by the Israeli people.
One could argue that part of the Palestinian misfortunes were the outcome of their leaders' "all-or-nothing" approach, their systematic rejection of any compromise with the Jews in this
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