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The argument in this book is that while Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and the New Labour government might well have dispensed with just about everything the Labour Party stood for, as far as domestic politics are concerned, with regard to imperialism they are very much in the Labour tradition. This may well surprise many readers, but the contention here
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one concrete objective:
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
one final choice:
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
the years of 2000 to 2004 turned Israelis into centrists. They agreed with the Left that creating a Palestinian state was critical for Israel, so that Israel would not continue to rule over millions of Palestinians. Yet they also agreed with the Right that creating a Palestinian state would put Israel in grave danger.21 They were stuck. ON NOVEMBER
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The crisis is precipitated.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Peres subsequently served in a number of significant roles beyond his being a member of the Knesset, including minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, minister of finance, and prime minister from 1984 to 1986. Now, committed to Rabin’s vision of peace, he pushed on with Oslo. In November and December 1995, Israel redeployed out of all the
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The ‘forest’, then, is an explosion of opposition:
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
‘David stares into the fire wondering whether to vote Labour or Conservative’, as the audience have no way of inferring that.