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June 25, 2012

How Israel Could Change the World

Niall Ferguson, Newsweek

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Yet the situation of Israel today is no laughing matter. The phrase 'Arab Spring' is now considered something of a joke as people nervously await the latest developments in neighboring Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood is poised to take power. The Israeli government is convinced the Iranian government is merely playing for time in the negotiations over its nuclear-arms program and that the timeline to an Iranian nuke is measurable in months.

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TAGGED: Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Israel

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