The Atlantic‘s May issue will feature a cover article from Jeffrey Goldberg, titled “Is Israel Finished?” Given that the article is not out yet, I’ll refrain, for now, from making all the usual comments about how the author seems to be missing the point about Zionism, which is not an effort to make Jews safe, but a movement for the self-determination of the Jewish people, two very different things.

Regardless, what is really striking about the article–no doubt one of many to mark next month’s anniversary–is that Goldberg is reportedly concerned about whether, given the challenges, Israel will be around in 60 years’ time. The real question anyone should be asking at the moment–what with the Gaza–West Bank split, the demise of Fatah, the terminal decline of the PA-is the following: Given that the Palestinian cause did not really exist in 1948, and given its dysfunctional performance as a national liberation movement, will it still be around in 2068?