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Dr. Jonathan Spyer is director of the Rubin Center (formerly the GLORIA Center), IDC Herzliya, and a fellow at the Middle East Forum. He is the author of “The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict” (Continuum, 2010). His blog can be followed at jonathanspyer.com.
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