Among many Israeli liberals, as among Americans and Palestinians, the charter never loomed as a major issue.
A few Jewish Israeli liberals have welcomed the Future Vision document.
But Mr. Canaan dismisses Israeli liberals who have marched in protest through Silwan in recent weeks as lacking "the inner drive of the Jewish religion or the Zionist ideology."
About a dozen Israeli liberals held a counter-demonstration to protest the early release.
He toes the Arab line on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he also insists that bridges must be built toward Israeli liberals.
His actions were criticized by many MKs and the Israeli right, but Israeli and foreign liberals praised Rivlin for his courage in defending Israeli democracy.
The disdain for Arabs, for Israeli liberals, for any Americans to the left of the neoconservatives was chilling.
Even Israeli liberals, leftists and peace campaigners squirmed uncomfortably when the Americans complained 10 days ago about the Israeli surveillance flights over Iraq.
A shadowy underground called Sicarrim, believed linked to Kach, sprang up to attack Israeli liberals.
Among Israeli liberals, the first reaction was satisfaction with what they viewed as vindication of their insistence that there was no alternative to the Oslo process.