Benny Morris Justifies Israel's Coming Attack on Iran
A nuclear attack on a nation of seventy million people (a great many of them innocent of the desire to wipe Israel off the map) is morally indefensible. How can Morris defend it?
A nuclear attack on a nation of seventy million people (a great many of them innocent of the desire to wipe Israel off the map) is morally indefensible. How can Morris defend it?
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.13.2008 | Home
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AP | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home
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HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home
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David Bromwich | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home