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Autumn 5767 / 2006, no. 26


From the Editors:

The War of Fog
By David Hazony


Essays:

The Road to Democracy in the Arab World
By Uriya Shavit
Liberalism has deep roots in the Middle East, if we know where to look.

The Huguenots, the Jews, and Me
By Armand Laferrere
A tale of French philo-Semitism.

Why Judaism Has Laws
By David Hazony
A unique approach to the moral life.

The American Interest
By Martin Kramer
Why realists should applaud an alliance with Israel.


Classics:

Airstop in Israel
By Stephan Theodore Norman
What Herzl's grandson found when he visited Palestine in 1945.


Reviews:

Bethlehem Steel
Reviewed by Dan Gordon
Standing With Israel: Why Christians Support the Jewish State by David Brog

The Heart of Hamas
Reviewed by Yechiel M. Leiter
Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt

Return from Oz
Reviewed by Assaf Sagiv
The Slopes fo the Volcano by Amos Oz

The Western Abyss
Reviewed by Benjamin Kerstein
The Possibility of an Island by Michael Houellebecq


Correspondence:

Joel Worthman, Lippman Bodoff, and Others.


From the
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I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself.
Nietzsche: A MisreadingNietzsche and Zion by Jacob Golomb
The Gaza Flotilla and the New World DisorderINGOs are trying to reshape world politics at the expense of the nation-state.
Civilians FirstOnly in Israel does concern for the safety of soldiers override the state’s obligation to defend its civilians.
Lawrence of JudeaThe champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism.

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