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CONNECTING THE DOTS -

*It may not have been apparent on the surface, but Europe's recent commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was steeped in irony. Even while the Old World stirringly recalls the horrors of Hitler's death camps and vows never to forget the Nazi genocide of the Jews, it also embraces an increasingly -- and alarmingly -- antagonistic attitude toward the Jewish state that arose from the ashes of
World War II...

Perceptions of Israel in the United States, meanwhile, contrast sharply...

What accounts for this transatlantic values gap?*

:: In Europe... ::
-- By Robin Shepherd, WaPo (RR'd) --


:: A HISTORICAL CONTINUUM ::

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