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An Israeli Consensus


February 14th, 2009 · Iran, Islam, Israel and the Middle East, Judaism, Religion, World Affairs

Regard­less of who becomes prime min­is­ter and which par­ties join the result­ing gov­ern­ment fol­low­ing the recent elec­tion, it is likely that lit­tle will change in Israel’s rela­tions with its neigh­bors. The coun­try seems to have reached a center-right con­sen­sus on the Israel-Palestinian con­flict. In other words, the ball is in the Pales­tini­ans’ court.