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Hugo Rifkind

Israel is drifting away from the West – but condemnation won’t help

When was it, do you think, that Israel stopped being regarded as fundamentally a bit like Spain?

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

Glaring, the ennui over Israel. The way we drag our eyes to the page, and sigh, and want to read something else. Sympathy is hard. Even anger is hard. It’s just… bleurgh.

Israel drifting away. Never mind whose fault it is; that’s a whole other point. But it’s happening. It’s off.

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