peacenik

Early on, he refers to the long-held peacenik expectation that “we would give land, and we would get peace.”

But for the time being, I remain an American-Israeli progressive feminist peacenik who is cautiously optimistic about Chuck Hagel.

Netanyahu and Peres come from opposite sides of the political map, one being an unswerving hawk, the other a relentless peacenik.

Netanyahu is an unwavering skeptic with a deep devotion to Greater Israel, Peres a relentlessly optimistic peacenik.