Some Israeli commentators seem to be developing a curious distaste for national self-determination and the rights and burdens it brings with it. Take Yossi Gurvitz, for example. His article starts with a consideration of a recent survey of attitudes to Jews in Spain and his first paragraph concludes like this:
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An ugly and extremely violent confrontation has, for the time being, been avoided in the Israeli Arab town of Umm al Fahm, near Haifa. Israel’s northern police command has decided to postpone a so-called “Jewish pride” march, organized by far right activists and scheduled for Monday, December 15.
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By all accounts, the Yom Kippur holiday in the Israeli city of Acre (Akko in Hebrew, Akka in Arabic) was an ugly affair, marked by riots and clashes between Jewish and Arab residents.
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