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Labor's farewell symphony (Moshe Arens, July 24, 2002, Ha'aretz)

An event unparalleled in the history of modern democracies is taking place before our eyes in Israel. The Labor Party--for many years the country's largest political party--seems to be going out of existence.

While one can understand the glee of Mr. Arens, this is hardly so unique an occurence as he suggests. Unfortunately, just to our north the Conservative Party has imploded similarly in Canada. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 23, 2002 7:20 PM