Lawrence Davidson

Part I: Prelude In Early October 2012 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would hold national elections for a new Knesset early in 2013.  The vote would come some 10 months before it was required by law.  Netanyahu explained the move by claiming that, as it stood, his coalition government could not agree on…

Part I—The Historical Background The first half of the 20th century was a catastrophe for most of the human race. Within the span of 50 years the world experienced World War I (1914 to 1918) and the death of roughly 20 million people. Then came the Great Depression (1929 to 1939) which all but destroyed…