Missing the 'devils' we knew? Israel and political Islam amid the Arab Awakening.
While the immediate outcome of the Iraq War of 2003 was certainly to Israel's strategic advantage, the more immediate and indeed visceral challenge of the ongoing Al-Aqsa intifada has dominated the security horizons of most Israelis. The legacy of this conflict, with its strong Islamist overtones, h...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 399 - 416 |
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