Chemi Shalev (Haaretz)
By Chemi Shalev (Haaretz)
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Israel News 12 Takeaways From Israel’s Looniest Election
1. Based on initial exit polls, both Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu can point to historic achievements in Tuesday’s election. Gantz came out of nowhere and within a few short months set up a political party that is now inches away from power. Netanyahu overcame natural fatigue from his decade in power, three criminal indictments,…
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Israel News Trump Rattles Israel By Saying Jewish State Must Pay ‘Higher Price For Peace’
Donald Trump starred in the main headlines in Israel on Wednesday morning, just as he did in the United States, but for completely different reasons. Americans were reeling from the conviction of Paul Manafort, the damning confessions of Michael Cohen and the sweet smell in the morning, if you don’t like Donald Trump, of impending…
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Israel News Natalie Portman Is Biggest Canary In Israel’s Coal Mine
Natalie Portman’s decision to withdraw from the Jerusalem ceremony to mark her acceptance of the $2 million Genesis Prize is, not to put too fine a point on it, a very big deal. Portman is a top tier Hollywood star, an unusually admired and respected Tinsel Town celebrity, a prominent spokesperson for women and a…
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News Pence Jetting In For Hero’s Welcome In Israel — But Is It Bad For The Jews?
Vice President Mike Pence will be accorded a hero’s welcome when he lands at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday night, but for Palestinians he is more of a villain, or at least his deputy. Pence will receive an unusually warm embrace from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, but will be shown an ice-cold shoulder…
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Opinion Why Yair Netanyahu’s Anti-Semitic Hatred Is So Bad For The Jews
Yair Netanyahu’s astonishingly anti-Semitic cartoon was, as some American Jews might say, a shonda for the goyim. Whatever rationalizations are concocted to justify the fact that the son of the Prime Minister of Israeli disseminated anti-Jewish imagery, the embarrassment was undeniable. Anti-Semites like David Duke may be kvelling, but those who care for Israel turned…
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Opinion How Trump’s Lavish Saudi Embrace Could Lead To Disaster In Israel
Donald Trump changed America’s standing in the Middle East on Sunday, perhaps historically. He reversed eight years of foreign policy carried out by his predecessor, Barack Obama. He positioned himself as champion of Saudi Arabia and Sunni Islam and as chief adversary of Iran and the Shia. He embraced the kingdoms, sheikdoms, dictatorships, military regimes…
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Opinion Trump’s Lying About Comey And Russia — Ask Anyone In The Shtetl
A Jewish folk tale recounts a dim-witted bandit who stole something from a stall in a busy market in the shtetl, before disappearing into the crowd. Then some genius came along and shouted “Oyfn ganef brent dos hitl” – “the cap on the thief’s head is burning” – upon which our dopey crook gave himself…
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Opinion Is Donald Trump Turning Out To Be Israeli Right’s Worst Nightmare?
You don’t have to love Donald Trump to enjoy him sometimes. Over the weekend, Trump spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and upset — and if he didn’t, he should have upset — the entire Israeli right. A U.S. president who states his commitment to a “comprehensive agreement that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” and…
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