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The Israeli Left Is Doomed

The Israeli Left Is Doomed
Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Hassidic sect Vizhnitz gather on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea in Herzeliya, Israel, on Oct. 2, 2014. AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Patricia Adams
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Lawrence Solomon
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Israel’s left-wing opposition triumphed in March by forcing Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing right-wing coalition to suspend its plans to reform the judicial system. The left wing may next succeed in derailing the reform plans altogether, in forcing new elections, and even—its ultimate prize—in banishing Likud-leader Netanyahu altogether from politics.

Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
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