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Thomas O'DwyerThomas O'Dwyer is a country risk consultant, journalist and broadcaster who has lived in the middle east for twenty years. He has been a Reuters bureau chief, foreign editor of the Jerusalem Post , and a columnist with the International Herald Tribune's Ha’aretz newspaper. Recent articlesIsrael after Lebanon: warning siren, deaf ears An official report scorns the Israeli military and political elite's failures in the Lebanon war of 2006. Its reception suggests that the next war may be close, reports Thomas O'Dwyer. Israel's post-heroic disasterThe Winograd report dissects Israel's military and political failings in the Lebanon war of 2006. It also leaves the country's leaders with only one option, says Thomas O'Dwyer. Did Hizbollah miscalculate? The view from IsraelWhy did Hizbollah launch its border operation against Israel, and is the movement prepared for the consequences? Thomas O'Dwyer in Tel Aviv hears expert Israeli observers make sense of an escalating crisis. Slouching towards KadimaAn election critical for the future of Israel finds the competing parties and blocs unable to stir the public from its astounding apathy, says Thomas O'Dwyer. |
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