Comments on: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem sirens will expand the already-crowded political center http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-sirens-will-expand-the-already-crowded-political-center/ The Marketplace of Ideas Thu, 23 May 2013 21:34:24 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul Gross http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-sirens-will-expand-the-already-crowded-political-center/#comment-108628 Paul Gross Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:14:58 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=83572#comment-108628 My point is really that the "center" are, by definition, less ideological and more pragmatic. I would argue that, as my claim is that the center accept some of both the left- and right-wing arguments, centrists will lean more one way than the other depending on circumstances. i.e. more to the right when Israel is under physical attack, more to the left when things are relatively peaceful and they feel they can afford to think more strategically.

]]> By: Felix Schenavsky http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-sirens-will-expand-the-already-crowded-political-center/#comment-108626 Felix Schenavsky Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:42:04 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=83572#comment-108626 Hi Paul, excellent article. Would you say then – that while leftist may move more to the center, centrists would move more the the right? It's an extension of your argument – but it would imply that the center is not actually growing.

]]> By: John Yorke http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-sirens-will-expand-the-already-crowded-political-center/#comment-108624 John Yorke Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:54:44 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=83572#comment-108624 If a problem has continued to defy solution for 65 years, then the problem may have successfully managed to hide within itself the means of its own demise.

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