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een seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "
nd our righteousness. Our righteousness is just as important as our strength. Our righteousness, and not our strength in and of itself, is what gives Zionism's struggle its meaning and sense of purpose (especially for ones who can choose). The support of a superpower and the resilience of our society and e
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028907 →ourselves at the height of a historic earthquake, in multiple dimensions, the like of which hasn't been seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "Arab spring" turned into the "Islamic winter" - borders have vanished and centuries of conflicts bet
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029357 →nd our righteousness. Our righteousness is just as important as our strength. Our righteousness, and not our strength in and of itself, is what gives Zionism's struggle its meaning and sense of purpose (especially for ones who can choose). The support of a superpower and the resilience of our society and e
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029382 →stward, it would move first through the Sinai and then northward along the coastal plain, securing sea lanes to Egypt. When Asia Minor powers such as the Ottoman Empire developed, there was a natural tendency to move southward to control the eastern Mediterranean. The Levant is the crossroads of continents, and Israe
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031866 →of a better name, the Trans-Jordan — the other side of the Jordan. Palestine looked very much like traditional Israel. The ideological foundations of Zionism are not our concern here, nor are the pre- and post-World War II migrations of Jews, although those are certainly critical. What is important for pur
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031871 →he world order, which existed since the demise of the Ottoman Empire, is collapsing. The Arab Spring appears to have t
l be essential. politics of survival, anxiety and pessimism will not do. we are facing a moment of truth. a time for daring decisions. The essence of Zionism, its raison d'être had always been to take our fate in our hands. make decisions and follow them with actions, rather than being dragged by events an
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032169 →Entities connected to both Zionism and the Ottoman Empire

Barack Obama
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
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George W. Bush
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Hosni Mubarak
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Tripoli
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Tehran
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Marc Rich
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Lebanon
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Hillary Clinton
PERSONthe State of Israel
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Cairo
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John Kerry
PERSONMediterranean
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Jerusalem
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Ehud Olmert
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Ehud Barak
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Abba Eban
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