Word: israelism
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...trust each other and they run their domestic affairs very differently. Perceptions matter. Iran's rulers interpret sympathetic media reports of demonstrations as interference arising from hostility. Insistence that Iran should heed Security Council resolutions on its nuclear program reads as hypocrisy when there is no action on Israel's nukes. The Iranian leadership rejects what it calls double standards on violence: calling for peaceful solutions but waging war in Iraq. Iran's government (but not all its people) rejects cultural influences from Western creative industries, which to the authorities reek of moral corruption. The government considers proposed solutions...
...Israel...
Recognizing the urgency of completing a two-state solution to the conflict, Obama has moved energetically to restart a peace process that petered out under the Bush Administration. The President has demanded that Israel demonstrate good faith by freezing all settlement construction outside its 1967 borders and that Arab states reciprocate by allowing Israeli commercial planes to use their airspace and by easing up on visa restrictions. Results have been less than encouraging on both counts. (See pictures of life in the West Bank settlements...
...TIME's Israel covers...
Watch a video about Israel's lonesome doves...