The government’s gains in the northwest will have an echo nationally, but will they alter Israeli calculations?
Armenak Tokmajyan
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}Islamist parties and movements in Arab countries have gained political influence by making the difficult strategic decision to participate in the existing legal political process, forcing them to confront thorny ideological issues.
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