hebrew republic. and the state would have it's national identity based on what most states sort of ground their identity, and their language and their culture. and it would be drenched in jewish culture, cook thought. but it would be secular, and therefore, open and open to giving full equality to anyone who decided to reside in that 20th century secular state. so i'm trying to -- i guess i'm trying to -- jam a circular block into a square hole or something. but i'm trying to find a way out of the conflict. and like cook, i think part of the conflict, one the reasons it's gone on for so long, for six six -- more than six decades is that we have this unresolved identity question. and cook, i thought, had a great vision. that's where actually israel is headed towards. hebrew republic. most israelis live alone the mediterranean in places like tel aviv, and they are very secular. they just want their state. unfortunately, the politics as we all know has been seized on both sides, by the sort of -- what i

citizens alongside the residents, palestinian, christian, muslim, or whatever, in what would be a hebrew republic the state would have a national identity based on what most states sort of ground their identity and language and culture, and it would be drenched in culture, cook thought, but it would be secular, and therefore open to giving full equality to anyone who decided to reside in that 20th century secular state, so i'm try to -- i guess i'm trying to jam a circular block into a square hole or something, but i'm trying to find a way out of the conflict, and like cook, i think part of the conflict -- one the reasons it's gone on for so long, more than six decades, is we have this unresolved identity question, and cook, i thought, had a great vision, and i think that's where actually is realm is heading -- israel is heading towards. most live along the mediterranean today and in places like tel-aviv and they are very secular and they just want their state, but unfortunately the politics as we all know has been seized on both sides by this sort of what i call the messy extremists who look at