Israel's Jews certainly don't answer to Tom Friedman.
Its ironic a non-Jewish Italian journalist, Giulio Meotti, understands the Middle East far better than the American Jew Tom Friedman!
Jews who don't get it are far more dangerous than non-Jews who do get it.
The Middle East is a world filled with chaos, instability and raw violence and as Barry Rubin has pointed out, most of the Arab World has not seen any real anti-regime or pro-democracy demonstrations.
Its far more likely Tunisia and Egypt's relatively pro-Western Arab regimes will be supplanted by radical Arab nationalist or Islamist regimes - a change for the worse. But when all you can do is blame Israel, the world looks very small, indeed.
I am an Orthodox Jew - some would even call me 'ultra-Orthodox.' Born in Boston, I was a corporate and securities attorney in New York City for seven years before making aliya to Israel in 1991 (I don't look it but I really am that old :-). I have been happily married to the same woman for thirty-five years, and we have eight children (bli ayin hara) ranging in age from 13 to 33 years and nine grandchildren. Four of our children are married! Before I started blogging I was a heavy contributor on a number of email lists and ran an email list called the Matzav from 2000-2004. You can contact me at: IsraelMatzav at gmail dot com
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Israel's Jews certainly don't answer to Tom Friedman.
Its ironic a non-Jewish Italian journalist, Giulio Meotti, understands the Middle East far better than the American Jew Tom Friedman!
Jews who don't get it are far more dangerous than non-Jews who do get it.
The Middle East is a world filled with chaos, instability and raw violence and as Barry Rubin has pointed out, most of the Arab World has not seen any real anti-regime or pro-democracy demonstrations.
Its far more likely Tunisia and Egypt's relatively pro-Western Arab regimes will be supplanted by radical Arab nationalist or Islamist regimes - a change for the worse. But when all you can do is blame Israel, the world looks very small, indeed.
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