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A formal US-Israeli defense pact is still a bad idea
At a time when the relationship between Israel and American Jewry is already under significant strain, this would be an added stressor, and perhaps a significant one.
Former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenjot in Tel Aviv 2017
(photo credit:
NIR ELIAS / REUTERS
)
By
ILAN BERMAN
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 21:46
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