Let’s start at the end and work backwards. In Thomas Friedman’s latest op-ed, he says this about the issues facing Israel today:<\/p>\n
I have great sympathy for Israel\u2019s strategic dilemma and no illusions about its enemies. But Israel today is giving its friends \u2014 and President Obama\u2019s one of them \u2014 nothing to defend it with. Israel can fight with everyone or it can choose not to surrender but to blunt these trends with a peace overture that fair-minded people would recognize as serious, and thereby reduce its isolation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
With a UN vote on Palestinian nationhood looming, with Egypt angry and Turkey even angrier, Friedman’s op-ed is a good take on how Israel is screwed right now, because of circumstances it currently faces and the leaders present to face them. The rest of the op-ed “Israel: Adrift at Sea Alone”<\/a> is good as well, I suggest you read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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