Directions: For the given question, select one entry for the blank from the given choices, to best complete the text.

As I grew up, served in the army, and participated in efforts to make Israel a better place, the ________ in my own home between the struggle for civic equality and the ongoing appropriation of more and more Palestinian land made me question the moral and legal compass by which Israel plotted its course.

(1) Incorrect. The sentence goes on to state a struggle between civic equality and ongoing appropriation of Palestinian land. Endeavor cannot fit the sentence. (2) Incorrect. An irony is when a resource available elsewhere is not available where it is needed the most. Here, the sentence talks of a struggle between civic equality and yet appropriation of Palestinian lands. (3) Correct. The sentence talks of a struggle, where, on one hand civic equality is being sought, and, on the other hand, more and more Palestinians are being dispossessed of their land. How can there be equality when the Palestinians are being treated like second rate citizens? Hence, contradiction is the right word for the blank. (4) Incorrect. The sentence talks of the Israel wanting civic equality while dispossessing Palestinians of their land. There is a paradox involved here but it cannot be called confusion. In a state of confusion, one would not know what to do. (5) Incorrect; shenanigans would mean deceit or trickery. In the given situation no trickery is involved, but a paradox is certainly present.