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Is a Jewish Democracy a Contradiction in Terms?

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart and Dan Shapiro engage in a dialogue on the complex political landscape of Israel-Palestine. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasPalestineApartheidDemilitarizationTwo State SolutionPower DynamicsUs AidBen GvirSettlement Growth

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Israel
"Dan Shapiro served as ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration."
Palestinian Territories
"Shapiro and I hold very different views about what needs to happen in Israel-Palestine, so I invited him to discuss them."

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