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If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

Alan Dershowitz

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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
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Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz
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