Jeffrey Goldberg, Columnist

An American General Warns the Israeli Right

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Last weekend, Marine Corps General James Mattis, the recently retired leader of U.S. Central Command and a man known inside the White House for his sharp opinions (which is one reason he's no longer leading Central Command) issued a very sharp opinion about Israel's future.

Speaking at a security conference in Aspen, Colorado, Mattis warned Israel that time was running out for it to reverse its West Bank settlement project.