Sep 6 2011, 3:59 PM ET
Hirsh Goodman has an excellent summary of the existential problem faced by Israel — the actual existential problem faced by Israel, not the political problem faced by its prime minister when he bucks his coalition and reverses settlement growth on the West Bank (if only). This is an excerpt from Goodman’s forthcoming book, “An Anatomy of Israel’s Survival”;
Of all the existential threats Israel faces, other than civil war, common wisdom has it that Iran is at the top of the list. Iran is maniacally dedicated to Israel’s destruction, and says so on every occasion, in every language, and at every opportunity. By now even the parrots in the Tehran zoo can repeat the mantras of hatred calling for Israel to be wiped of… >>>
