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lefarkins.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
Who Knew that Radical Right Wing Nationalists Could Disagree?
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Especially when they come from different countries? Former Ambassador Martin Indyk revealed an interesting wrinkle to the story of Eastern European missile defense system, which the Obama administration canceled last month, a move conservatives have heavily criticized as — what else? — ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 25 days ago
Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I was debating with Jon Chait at a J Street panel this morning on the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which I was right on and he was wrong on. But one thing he ... (more) Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace

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weeklystandard.com - 26 days ago
The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
— weeklystandard.com — I made my way over to the J Street conference today to see for myself just how "pro-peace, pro-Israel" the organization really is, and there can be no doubt, J Street is pro-peace. But while the leadership of J Street may be pro-Israel, the ... (more) The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel

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volokh.com - 26 days ago
Some Friendly (Really) Advice to JStreet
— volokh.com — JStreet , which bills itself as a “pro-peace, pro-Israel” lobby, and aims to be a progressive counterpart to AIPAC, is having its convention starting tomorrow. Unlike some in the pro-Israel community, I’m not hostile to JStreet. First, I know one of ... (more) Some Friendly (Really) Advice to JStreet

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Hard to Get
Matthew Yglesias — Robert Farley ends a post on Israeli dislike of the Bush-era Polish missile scheme with a nice observation: It turns out, rather, that neither the Poles nor the Israelis care overmuch about the other; rhetorical support for the neocon vision of liberty/missile defense/bunker busting/awesomeness/sexy/democracy/whiskey collapses in the face of real world material interest. In the end, it’s almost as if our allies value material and institutional commitments to their defense more than they value a nebulous American ...

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