I had planned to write a post this week about American exceptionalism and European social democracy, but I confess, I got side tracked reading about Michelle Obama's fashions on display this week and reading less about the debates between the American and European models. This is not a bad thing.
The new Israeli government is the largest in Israel's history and the largest of its kind in the world, according to Israeli media reports. Another enviable number--54% of the Israeli public already hold it in negative esteem and this is on the day of its swearing in, today.
That's the good news. The bad news is that even due to its internal contradictions, it is unlikely to collapse quickly because this is a government about self-preservation, and not much else. The only pressure it will feel--and it will feel it for certain--will be from the U.S. and from Europe.
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