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The true test of politics is where you stand on Israel.

JL;DR SUMMARY Adam Hummel explores the perceived collapse of the traditional Left-Right political spectrum, suggesting that global political alignment now hinges on a single axis: one's stance on Israel. 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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HamasDemocracyTwo State SolutionWestern CivilizationMoralityTribalismCivilizationLeft Right Spectrum

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"This is a guest essay by Adam Hummel, a lawyer in Toronto."
Israel
"He explained, as he has said many times before, that in Israel, Left versus Right meant something slightly different than in the rest of the world."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"How could the Palestinians be trusted when the overwhelming majority of Palestinians living in both the West Bank and Gaza support what happened on October 7th?"
United States
"Look around. The so-called Right in the West (or at least in North America) embraces protectionism, tariffs, and industrial policy, all once sacred cows of the Left."
France
"Emmanuel Macron of France sells himself as centrist while cherry-picking policies from every corner of the spectrum, now leaning heavily towards the leftist base."
United Kingdom
"Keir Starmer of Britains Labour Party is apparently all in on the creation of an Islamist Palestinian State."

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