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On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: I hadn't noticed that the article was written by Eli Lake, a hard rightwing > Zionist. I wonder if maybe the ulterior motive was to demonstrate that > Israel is a reliable ally after all. He's just writing up Oren's autobiography, and presumably getting paid for it. I wouldn't read too much into his part in this. But the Zionist role in the 2013 war drive is still a bit enigmatic. I don't see much here that clears it up. Remember the episode marked a rare public breach between the Netanyahu government and its US lobby: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/201391112411550354.html If authentic, it would have been the first and last in history. Personally, I tend to assume it was not. AIPAC doesn't just go running wild on its own, and the whole thing reeked of exaggerated political theater. It's more likely Netanyahu didn't want to attach his own name directly to an effort so likely to fail. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
