The West Bank Jewish Leader With An Unusual Wish List

Beni Katzover has an unusual view about Jews living in Judea and Samaria, which is what a lot of Israelis call the West Bank. He wants that to be thought of as unremarkable, like Jews living in West Jerusalem—as barely worthy of notice. In fact, he says, West Jerusalem wasn’t the predominantly Jewish area it is now until after Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. And he says he thinks that the future can have Arabs living in Judea and Samaria. While some ultra-nationalists would like to see them gone, Katzover thinks they can have self-governing status, much like they have now under the Palestinian Authority....