@Goldberg3000 gives seven perspectives on the Israeli political revolution (Kadima joining Likud).
Though, I still doubt Israel will ever attack Iran, and if anything this new alliance makes it even more unlikely.
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aziz
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abunoor
“We in Congress stand by Israel,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, standing beside Netanyahu Tuesday. “In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.”
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Pretty Pink Unicorns
… we do?
It’s pretty clear that, based on the news, we don’t, actually.
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abunoor
I don’t actually know the context of her remarks but I assume Pelosi meant as opposed to healthcare or other issues which are divisive, Congress is united in its support of Israel. Israel’s strategy, however is to pose a Congress unified in support of Israel, regardless of its policies, as a check on an executive that would dare to challenge Israel, even if only very superficially.
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thabet
The New York Times appears upset at the news that Britain has expelled an Israeli diplomat over forged passports:
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cbarwa
I love this bit about how some officials suggested that the Brits should have let the issue die quietly out of friendship!!!! Like friends forge their friends documents and then use it to carry our killings – PMSL! Regardless of anything else this shows a spectacular disregard for the civilians whose passports were forged as they could be incarcerated under mistaken identity if they travelled to the region and their security put at risk. Typical of Israeli actions though, always willing to let someone else carry the cost.
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aziz
Is Bibi in the doghouse with Obama?
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aziz
Iran as Amalek? yikes. I suppose we need to start talking about raving rabbis in the same breath as mad mullahs, now.
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Wayptorrurtum
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johnpi
More on Netanyahu’s reference to Iran as ‘Amalek.’
Strangely, Goldberg does not mention what is perhaps the most striking and well-known fact about the Amalekites: they were the targets of divinely sanctioned genocide. …
If we take God’s command and the Amalek analogy literally, then an Israeli prime minister would be bound not to seek “its [the Amalekite arsenal’s] destruction,” but rather “their [the Amalekites’] destruction.”I do not in fact believe that Netanyahu wishes to exterminate the Iranian people, but the Amalek analogy is nonetheless an alarming indication of the tenor of his thought about Iran. Furthermore, this is the sort of rhetoric that, when uttered by someone like Ahmadinejad, is taken quite literally and held up as proof of genocidal intent. When Netanyahu does it, however, we are supposed to understand that of course he doesn’t really mean what his advisor’s statement implies, and that this bloody rhetoric is simply evidence of his hard-nosed and serious approach to the Iranian threat.
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johnpi
The neo-con way: If Israel’s leaders don’t say the right political things, then just make them up in your reports:
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thabet
A lecture by Max Hastings has been edited and posted at Comment is free. Looks like Netanyahu’s views on the West Bank haven’t changed as he has got older:
To me, in my naivete, Israel’s struggle had hitherto seemed that of a brilliant little people, who had suffered the most ghastly experience of the 20th century, struggling for survival amid a hostile Middle East still bent upon their destruction. Now, suddenly, I found myself meeting Israelis committed to the creation of a greater Israel embracing the West Bank, who were utterly heedless of the fate of its inhabitants. The Palestinians were perceived as losers, a mere incidental impediment to the fulfilment of Israel’s historic territorial destiny. By a curious quirk, that young Israeli whom I heard enthuse about emptying the West Bank of Arabs was Binyamin Netanyahu, today his country’s prime minister.
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johnpi
Jo is discussing. 
cbarwa, 
abunoor, 
thabet, and 1 other are discussing. 
Jo 4:36 pm on May 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Lets hope so