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Summer 5758 / 1998, no. 4From the Editors:Dusting Off the Jewish BookshelfBy David Hazony Essays:The Jewish Origins of the Western Disobedience TraditionBy Yoram Hazony Civil disobedience did not, as we are taught, begin with Socrates and Antigone, but with a Hebrew Bible that rejected the supremacy of human law. How the Government’s Attorney Became Its General By Evelyn Gordon And now, for the Israeli judiciary's latest trick: Expropriating the attorney-general Oslo, the Bomb, and Other Home Remedies By Amnon Lord Over a political career spanning five decades, Shimon Peres has fought for the idea that inexorable human progress will solve everything, real soon. Reviews:Closing the Christian GapReviewed by Adam Pruzan Faith or Fear: How Jews Can Survive in a Christian America by Elliott Abrams Correspondence:On Biblical Peace, Judicial Revolution |
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 Israel's Electoral ComplexIsraeli politics needs a system overhaul. |
 I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself. |
 Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just WarWas Israel's conduct in its campaign against Hamas morally justified? |
 No Friends But the MountainsA visit to Kurdistan reveals an autonomous people ready for an alliance with America and Israel. |
 Cruel BritanniaAnti-Semitism in Britain has gone mainstream. |