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The result when governments encourage extremism

Right-wing extremist settlers in Israel attack IDF soldiers Netanyahu says he will use “all of his power” to respond. But he’s been encouraging such extremism for decades, throwing them red meat, backing them politically. Now he’s shocked, just shocked at…

J Street frames the debate: Global Israel vs. Greater Israel

Polizeros contributor Byron DeLear attended the recent J Street (“the political home for pro-Israel pro-peace Americans”) conference in D.C., a three year old lobbying group with a decidedly more pro-peace message than the troglodytes at AIPAC. A potent meme emerged at the…

Egypt, and the reaction of the US and Israel

Wouldn’t it be nice if the U.S. could figure out whether it prefers the democracy it’s always talking about publicly or the “stability of dictatorships” it has always funded with military aid, though? The US (and Israel) are totally in…