Religion Dispatches
Most of us are watching the unfolding events in Egypt with awe and anticipation hoping its citizens will nonviolently supplant a repressive and dictatorial regime with a democracy. Those of us who have physical or emotional ties to Israel see a more complicated picture. Israel is watching the…
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Many commentators have assumed that somehow Egypt would follow Iran’s unique trajectory.
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