“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiddling with the Israeli electoral clock in order to dissolve the Knesset in anticipation of snap elections will be the effective opening salvo of a seasonal spectacle unlike anywhere on Earth. Prime ministerial fiat will magically transform 2012 from ho hum to humdinger and the chattering class is agog and abuzz over probable causes…”

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