1.0City of Brasshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrassAziz Poonawallahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/author/apoonawallaThe view from inside Israel - City of Brassrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1qyGTYxzAV"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2010/02/the-view-from-inside-israel.html">The view from inside Israel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2010/02/the-view-from-inside-israel.html/embed#?secret=1qyGTYxzAV" width="600" height="338" title="“The view from inside Israel” — City of Brass" data-secret="1qyGTYxzAV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This is a pretty depressing assessment by Joel Rubin at Democracy Arsenal, who just returned from the Herzliya conference in Israel (the premier security summit attended by all major Israeli politicians). It was clear, after attending this conference, that the weight of a decade of American neoconservative failure in the Middle East had brought Israelis…