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Lisa Goldman is a contributing editor to +972 Magazine, an English-language digital publication based in Tel Aviv, of which she is a co-founder. She lives in Montreal.
Netanyahu's Shrewd Political Game Behind Jerusalem Violence
Jerusalem’s Old City is a tinderbox that could set off a regional conflagration. This is a demonstrably true statement: when Ariel Sharon, then an opposition politician, stood surrounded by security guards on the steps in front of the Dome of the Rock in September 2000, and proclaimed that it would remain in Israeli hands forever, the consequence of his populist blustering was the Second Intifada.
