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I took a lot of flak for characterizing Netanyahu’s Israel as follows in “Israel Votes to Become More Like (old) Apartheid South Africa,” March 18, 2015. ____________________ Election Day in Israel yesterday was full of surprises; none more so than the desperate declarations and exhortations Bibi Netanyahu made to get his supporters to the polls.… Read more.
President Trump continues to command unprecedented attention. Never mind that this is because he’s wreaking the kind of havoc in the world of politics that a tornado wreaks in the alley of the Great Plains. But only this havoc explains the worldwide rubbernecking at his black-swan, norm-busting presidency – complete with his snarky tweets and… Read more.
Which shows that Iran is more like America than most Americans, including President Donald J. Trump, realize. I was among far too few Western commentators who hailed Iranians for electing the moderate Hassan Rouhani as president in August 2013. But nothing vindicated our praise quite like Rouhani accepting President Obama’s overtures to strike a landmark… Read more.
