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Sunday, July 30, 2006
This is an intellectual exchange in the New York Times Magazine: "As terrorist groups go, do you think Hezbollah is worse than Hamas? Hezbollah is far more extreme than Hamas. Hezbollah is an organization that denies the legitimacy of Israel." (Don't ever use the word "dove" to describe A.B. Yehoshua in my presence).