The Impending Israel-Palestine Disaster

The more unwilling Binyamin Netanyahu is to make a leap of history, the more dangerous it’s going to get.

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David Remnick

April 11, 2011

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The more unwilling Binyamin Netanyahu is to make a leap of history, the more dangerous it’s going to get.

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The Impending Israel-Palestine Disaster

The more unwilling Binyamin Netanyahu is to make a leap of history, the more dangerous it’s going to get.

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