# Peace in the Middle East: Jewish Law provides a wide variety of views on the relations between Jews and non-Jews. It is possible that by exploring these traditional views, some of which differ significantly from what has been referred to as "Zionism", new approaches to the Arab-Israeli can be attempted.
The effort to re-establish the Sanhedrin reflects an attempt to revive a culture and method of governance that gives , to give life to "dry bones", (not unlike the creation of the Jewish State over half a century ago). It is an effort to turn a theoretical construct into a modern, functioning legislature.
