“I am increasingly convinced that this is the most important period in Israel’s history since 1948, because we have to make decisions.” So summarised Naomi Chazan on the impact of the Arab spring on relations between Israel and Palestinians. Chazan, a senior Israeli academic, peace and women’s rights advocate, and a former Knesset member, appeared recently at the Wheeler Centre in conversation with journalist Rafael Epstein. “And if we don’t make decisions,” she added, “we’ve made a decision.”