MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Bernard Avishai, newyorker.com, Dec. 31, 2014
....Kerry is trying to avoid “doing stupid stuff,” as Obama has often put it. If the nuclear negotiations with Iran finally produce an agreement this winter—even one that opens the country to permanent inspections and greater economic integration—Netanyahu and the Republican Congress can be expected to attack it. Why provide them with more reasons to accuse the Obama Administration of being unfriendly to Israel? At the same time, Kerry knows that doing nothing to quell the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians may not be shrewd...Kerry’s most subtle assumption is that a conflict with Washington will work to Netanyahu’s advantage. Here, I think Kerry is misinformed, even if Livni is informing him.....
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