Israel moves to embrace its isolation – Mondoweiss

History in the small colony of Israel has a way of circling back on itself, presenting old dilemmas in new clothing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks — warning of Israel’s growing isolation and the need to evolve into a kind of “super-Sparta” with an autarkic economy — echo back across decades. To hear him speak of a self-reliant arms industry freed from the grip of foreign politics is to hear the ghost of the Lavi fighter jet, haunting Israel’s…