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Those predecessors included such stalwart liberal thinkers as founding editor Herbert Croly and early contributor Walter Lippmann. But in 1974 the magazine was bought by Martin Peretz. It subsequently reflected his evolution from a major donor to liberal Democratic causes to a leading neoconservative with hawkish views on foreign policy. During the 1980s the magazine went soft on the Reagan Administration, ridiculed much of the Democratic Party for its lack of pragmatism and echoed Peretz's forceful pro-Israel views. No journal has done better explaining the often unprincipled but always practical reasoning of Bush Administration officials, who routinely unburdened...
...fact, Sullivan's appointment does indicate a subtle but significant change. Like Peretz, both Kinsley and the most recent editor, former Carter speechwriter Hendrik Hertzberg, had their intellectual roots in old-fashioned liberalism. Even as they and their colleagues criticized the outworn dogmas of the Left, they conveyed anguish about the future of liberalism and the Democratic Party. Though his views on social issues are eclectic, Sullivan is no lapsed liberal. Instead he is a Young-Turk Tory not given to twinges of regret over liberalism's demise...
...mobile homes and to bunk at least 100,000 new arrivals at 21 army bases. So far only a few thousand Soviet Jews have moved to the West Bank, but government incentives are luring other Jews there in search of cheaper housing. Last week Absorption Minister Yitzhak Peretz called for the creation of tent cities to help house the 400,000 immigrants expected this year. "In the short run, it's a great problem," admits Peres. "In the long run, it's a great promise...
...first time since the mid-1960s, European Jews will again outnumber Oriental Jews, reinforcing the nation's Western identity. Because most Soviet Jews are non-observant, they will considerably weaken the influence of the ultra-orthodox parties, which enjoy a disproportionate share of political power. That may explain why Peretz, an ultra-orthodox rabbi, claims that as many as 35% of the Soviet immigrants are not Jewish -- a claim refuted by most experts...
...Peretz is one of the few politicians who has dared to offend the newcomers. By 1992, when the next parliamentary ballot is scheduled, these immigrants could elect as many as 20 of the 120 members of the Knesset, enough to break the six-year deadlock between Labor and Likud. Peres believes he can convince Soviet Jews that a territorial compromise with the Palestinians is in their interest. Shamir is just as confident that immigrants will grow attached to his concept of a Greater Israel. Many of the olim are less ideological than other recent settlers, and the idea...