Monday, July 13, 2009

Fouad Ajami

A Reality Check as Israel Turns 60

Posted May 7, 2008
The Arabs who bemoaned the loss of Palestine were in truth made uneasy by the Palestinian refugees.

The Arabs who bemoaned the loss of Palestine were in truth made uneasy by the Palestinian refugees. (David Eldan/Israeli Government Press Office/EPA/Corbis)

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