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A Military Coup Is Underway in Israel – and It’s Completely Justified

A fascinating book presents examples throughout history of military coups that led to democracy and offers insights that are relevant to current events in Israel, where the concept of the people’s army is starting to crack

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A military coup is underway in Israel. This is the unvarnished truth. At the same time, there is an attempt to play with words in order to avoid looking the reality in the eye. The rebels and their supporters are employing euphemisms and resorting to linguistic acrobatics rather than stating unequivocally that there is insubordination among many Israel Defense Forces reservists. They refer to it instead as “ceasing to volunteer.”

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