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ted. Rather than rising to the level of a strategic dialogue, the secularist constituency of Kadima confronted the religious constituencies of the Likud coalition and failed to create a government able to devise a platform for decisive action. This is Israel's crisis. It is not a sudden, life-threat

ief should boycott Tehran conference Editorial Article 4 AI-Monitor Take Israel Iran Threat 'Very Seriously' Laura Rozen Article 5. TIME What the Muslim Brotherhood's 'Countercoup' EFTA_R1_00298501 EFTA01884020 Tells Us About Egypt Tony Karon Article 6. The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Natural-Gas Boom Will T

here's no institution adjudicating the battle for power. The result, until now, has been a series of competing power grabs between the generals and the Muslim Brothers." But, he warns, the political tug-of-war between these rival power centers does little to build and legitimize the institutions necessary for a d

overnment. EFTA00693045 Then, in 2008, Olmert was forced to resign because of corruption allegations, and new elections brought Netanyahu and the Likud back to power. This development proved awkward for Barak, who had promised during the campaign not to join a Netanyahu government. But in one of th

orld: the eurozone, with its seemingly endless financial uncertainties; the Middle East, with its many upheavals, including, but hardly limited to, the Muslim Brotherhood's accession to power in Egypt and Syria's savage civil war, which has already claimed more than 60,000 EFTA00693035 lives; and the Asia-Pacific reg

w years later by settlers from the religious-Zionist Gush Emunim movement; in the late 1970s, it was authorized by Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Likud government. Today, it is the West Bank's third-largest settlement, drawing many secular Israelis attracted as much by its striking desert landscap

is condemnation and boycott in the Arab League while arming and funding the opposition. Even more significantly, Qatar has been a major backer of the Muslim Brothers in their recent rise to power across the Arab region. This has caught the West by surprise, in particular the United States. Having spent the past

e general malaise caused by economic woes-affects the Muslim Brotherhood's performance in the upcoming parliamentary electio

y with the much-needed IMF loan. It will be interesting to see how the recent violence—as well as the general malaise caused by economic woes-affects the Muslim Brotherhood's performance in the upcoming parliamentary election (which is yet to be scheduled). A recent report issued by the Brotherhood's political bureau hinte

p is foreseen from the $1.5 billion in pledges made at a donors' conference on January 30" in Kuwait. Israel: While recent elections kept Netanyahu's Likud party in the lead by winning 31 of 120 seats in the Knesset, the new centrist party Yesh Atid's ability to win 19 seats under the leadership of Yair

which would have been implemented a long time ago the "Muslim Brotherhood" would still have HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028889 --- PAGE

nly appropriate and feasible solution, the only realistic and proper goal for Zionism in this complex world of the 21st century. • A friend (from the Likud, actually) told me that when he was young, he visited Ben Gurion's home a few times. In one of their conversations, the boy asked the Old Man: "how i

which would have been implemented a long time ago the "Muslim Brotherhood" would still have taken control over Egypt and Al-

only appropriate and feasible solution, the only realistic and proper goal for Zionism in this complex world of the 21s century. • A friend (from the Likud, actually) told me that when he was young, he visited Ben Gurion's home a few times. In one of their conversations, the boy asked the Old Man: "how i