To the Editor:

Edward Rothstein's "Seeking an Alternative to a Jewish State" (Nov. 22) was surprising and disturbing, because only in the very last paragraph does he raise objections to this latest version of the effort to destroy Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.  It is disingenuous to focus attention on the debate that took place in Jewish circles in the 1920's and 1930's about a bi-national state, and even then the majority rejected the idea.

Today Israel exists as the only Jewish state, with only a miniscule number of Israelis and Jews around the world not believing in its legitimacy. As a reader of Edward Rothstein, I doubt that he is one of those few.  That is why it was astonishing that through much of his article he appeared to give legitimacy to this insidious anti-Israel effort.