YET OF ALL the twists and turns in Peres's long career, perhaps the most interesting and momentous chapter is being written now. What may be more significant are the recent signs of migration in Peres's worldview. The first sign of recent Peresian evolution was the shouting match with Shlomo Ben-Ami at the Labor Party meeting over whether to join a unity government. Peres's position was essentially that, having just lost by 25 points to someone who a year before was considered unelectable, a smidgen of humility and rethinking was in order. In Washington this month Peres said some things that we are not used to hearing from people this side of Binyamin Netanyahu.
Peace is airy, or moody.
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