Why Iran Won’t Attack Israel -- Yousef Munayyer, L.A. TimesThe Jewish state’s substantial Palestinian population — which Israel once sought to expel — serves as a deterrent.
Palestinians are in Israel today because they managed to survive the depopulation of 1948, the year the Jewish state was founded (Arabs constitute about 20% of Israel's population). Ironically, while Benny Morris' scholarship suggests that the mere existence of these Palestinians in Israel -- and millions more in the occupied territories -- irks him, Israel's substantial Arab population also blows a hole in his argument about the need to deal with the supposed Iranian nuclear threat.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Obama Backs Down on Sudan -- Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times
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