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The Objective of Israel’s “Operation Pillar of Defense”

From On November 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Renowned international relations theorist John Mearsheimer writes in the London Review of Books:

So what is going on here? At the most basic level, Israel’s actions in Gaza are inextricably bound up with its efforts to create a Greater Israel that stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean [...]

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Warning From the Holding Company

From On February 22, 2012 · 2 Comments

This post originally appeared at Souciant.

Martin Dempsey is not a popular man in the halls of the Israeli Prime Minister’s office these days. The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff incurred the wrath of Benjamin Netanyahu by pointing out the obvious: an Israeli attack on Iran would have dire consequences.

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