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Lawrence Solomon: Oil redeems Israel
(June 6, 2011) Prior to the 1973-74 OPEC Oil Crisis, Israel was the darling of the left, extolled as a feisty, altruistic country that made socialism work in a hostile neighbourhood of Arab military dictatorships and Muslim theocracies. The liberal press defended Israel against those who objected to Israel’s existence. The liberal intelligentsia – Jew and non-Jew alike – sent their youth to Israeli kibbutzes, to be inspired by this utopian model of communal life where all recieved the same age, regardless of occupation. Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Oil, Oil Import, OPEC, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, UN, United Nations, Yasser Arafat
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