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Aug.16.2010
Israeli leaders pass buck
The present Israeli government seems to make a specialty of dropping the ball. The only thing the top ministers won’t drop is the buck. They’re very adept at passing that.Testimony last week revealed the lack of responsibility at the top of the Israeli government. Before a committee investigating a...
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Aug.01.2010
With democracy like this, who needs dictators?
JERUSALEM — Israelis like to point out that theirs is the only democracy in a Middle East otherwise dominated by repressive regimes. Given the performance of legislators in the parliamentary session that just ended here, you might be forgiven for asking: with democracy like this, who needs...