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Only Obama offers change for Israel

By Gideon Rachman

Published: February 9 2009 19:20 | Last updated: February 9 2009 19:20

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You might expect a general election conducted just weeks after a war to be a tense affair. But, as Israel prepares to go to the polls this week, the country does not feel on edge. The joggers on Tel Aviv’s beaches pound up and down in the surf, oblivious to the anarchy and violence an hour’s drive away in the Gaza Strip.

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