In this article I think he is right on. I wholeheartedly agree that the Israeli military should have withdrawn from Hebron, regardless of past history and the dissent of many right wing fanatics. His major point was that this agreement should be seen as a call for the end of fanaticism in Hebron. I agree and then some. There is no reason another human being should have to lose his or her life over the city of Hebron.
History shows time and again that things change, cities develop and new people move in.
The attachment that the Jews feel toward Hebron is just as valid as the attachment the Palestinians feel, but I don't believe that the Israelis had the right to keep military control there. I think the Palestinian people are going to have to work out their problems themselves, in a peaceful manner, and that having Israeli soldiers keeping watch over the city only causes more hate. It makes the resident majority of people in Hebron anxious and hateful and violent. I am relieved that the Israeli government has agreed to a military withdrawal from Hebron, the next step is a withdrawal from the entire West Bank. If that will bring peace, it will be worth the trade.