"Before he spoke to the General Assembly, President Rouhani had set the agenda for a thaw in relations, writing that 'the world has changed' in a column published in the Washington Post.
If all of these signs are not sufficient as a warning signal to Israel's defenders, perhaps the results reported in a recent Pew poll, reported in The New York Times, will alert them to the signs of these times.
"The survey, by the Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project, found that despite the declines in religious identity and participation, American Jews say they are proud to be Jewish and have a 'strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people.'
"While 69 percent say they feel an emotional attachment to Israel, and 40 percent believe that the land that is now Israel was 'given to the Jewish people by God,' only 17 percent think that the continued building of settlements in the West Bank is helpful to Israel's security."
When Charlie Rose pounded Netanyahu for his defense of the indefensible settlements, he was speaking for the vast majority of American Jews who do not think the settlements are "helpful to Israel's security."
Which brings us back to January, 1964, when Bob Dylan produced his third album, featuring the title song directed both to the defenders of justice and to those who refused to see and act against injustice.
This song, and many more that followed, brought Dylan to a moment in 1997 when he was honored by President Bill Clinton at an event at the Kennedy Center.
At Dylan's request, his friend Bruce Springsteen was asked to sing "The Times They Are A-Changin" to the Kennedy Center audience, which included Clinton, his wife, Hillary Clinton, and Bob Dylan, all seated in box seats.
At the end of this song, take note of Dylan's hand raised in appreciation to Springsteen, two musical fighters for justice, saluting one another.
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