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Article: Pressure on Israel raises war risk; Obama peace efforts may prove explosively counterproductive.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- June 2, 2009
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Byline: Frank J. Gaffney Jr., THE WASHINGTON TIMES
JERUSALEM -- From this vantage point, two events this week appear to be ominous straws in the wind, warnings of a man-caused maelstrom that inexorably may plunge the Middle East into another, potentially cataclysmic war.
The first is that Israel feels obliged to undertake an unprecedented, countrywide civil defense exercise this week. At one point, every man, woman and child in the Jewish state is supposed to seek shelter from a simulated attack of the kind Iran may shortly be able to execute against it.
The second is President Obama's latest effort to reach out to the Muslim world, on Thursday ...