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" U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image. "

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" At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates with the West. They had their arguments ready. "

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