From that stance has come the new Israeli attitude: if hostages are now released, it is only because a bold Israeli act started the process.

I thought the documentary was very revealing of Israeli attitudes.

So it was not clear precisely how the new Israeli attitudes might be put into practice.

But in recent years Israeli attitudes have begun to change.

Of late, however, Israeli attitudes have changed, largely because of public events.

Israeli attitudes toward the U.S. are largely positive.

And a triumphal Israeli attitude will be counterproductive.

Now, what began as an emergency measure is becoming a fixture, and changing entrenched Israeli attitudes toward the occupied territories.

Predictably, this intifada has hardened Israeli attitudes.

That can have a positive impact on Israeli attitudes about negotiations if the Russians are seen as impartial and not pro-Arab.