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September 14, 2012

Netanyahu's Neocon Gambit

David Remnick, New Yorker

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It is hard to overestimate the risks that Benjamin Netanyahu poses to the future of his own country. As Prime Minister, he has done more than any other political figure to embolden and elevate the reactionary forces in Israel, to eliminate the dwindling possibility of a just settlement with the Palestinians, and to isolate his country on the world diplomatic stage. Now Netanyahu seems determined, more than ever, to alienate the President of the United States...

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TAGGED: Barack Obama, United States, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran

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