The NYTimes offers an overview of the back and forth (mostly forth) of Iran, Israel, the U.S. and war talk. Best laugh line: 'Its not about Israel, said Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, the House majority leader and a key Congressional ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Its about the U.S.,' Mr. Cantor said in an interview."Does Mr. Cantor mean the U.S. is occupying the West Bank? About which Peter Beinart has some straightforward things to say in Monday's Times on the Op-Ed page, Can Israel Remain a Democracy?MORE: I know not everyone (maybe most everyone) is not a fan of Mondoweiss, but they have some graphics up from the Israeli campaign: "We will never bomb you." It includes Iranians responding. Give yourselves a laugh. (I would have posted the pictures, but dotCommonweal doesn't offer graphics paste-in training!)

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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