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Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America

Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America

Most Israeli Jews know which is which. Most American Jews do not

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Melanie Phillips
Nov 11, 2022
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The elections that have just taken place in Israel and the United States each boiled down to a contest between dragons and dragon-slayers.

The difference is this. Israeli Jews mostly recognise who are the dragons and who are their slayers. American Jews mostly can’t work out which is which.

In Israel, the dragons are the Pales…

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