Many Israelis have registered the recent onslaught on Israel by leading Washington policy makers, and do not like it a bit.
While most Izzie citizens are blissfully indifferent to the evolving Middle East situation and apply themselves to making the best of their lives for the duration of what remains of "peacetime", some opinion makers, unsurprisingly on one side of the local political map, are beginning to pick up their pens and man the ramparts.
Only today, the Jpost website has two very similar entries on the subject. One is by the Post's resident right wing passionaria, Caroline Glick, but the other is by the editorial staff. Since Obama is very likely to win a second term, and since a large plurality of US "Jews" are demonstrably indifferent or mildly hostile to Israel, I'm not really sure that this is a false alarm.
I'm not seeking to be reassured or comforted. My intention is indeed to start a flame thread.
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