Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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Opinion Bibi Wins Battle of Temple Mount — For Now
We have watched the meteoric rise of Benjamin Netanyahu’s nemesis in the ruling Likud party with considerable interest. Moshe Feiglin has been battling for years to represent the party in Knesset for years, and finally in this year’s general election, he was too strong for the party establishment to stop him. However, his fight was…
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Opinion Israel’s Doing Poor-ly
Israel has the highest poverty rate in the developed world. Some 21% of Israelis were poor as of 2010, more than in any of the other 33 members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, its new report reveals. Compare this figure with where Israel stood in 2000 and the picture is stark —…
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Opinion Taxed to Death in Israel
Israelis are about to be taxed to death — literally. Israelis are furious at the austerity budget, and thousands took to the streets last night to demonstrate. You may have read about the planned spending cuts or the planned tax increases, but you probably haven’t heard about the cemeteries plan. The government wants to impose…
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Opinion Kotel Ball Is in Tzipi Livni’s Court
Could Tzipi Livni be sweetening feminists before dropping a bombshell? As discussed earlier on Forward Thinking, Justice Minister Livni has just announced that she is working on legislation to criminalize the exclusion of women from the public sphere. The timing is interesting — just as she could find herself in a very awkward position on…
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News Women and Orthodox Waver Over Plan for Egalitarian Prayer at Western Wall
Two of the prime players who have been locked in struggle over how Jews should be allowed to pray at the Western Wall have a complicated relationship with the recent grand compromise that Jewish Agency leader Natan Sharansky has offered to solve their dispute. Both Anat Hoffman, whose group, Women of the Wall, seeks to…
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Opinion Thanks, Haredim!
Are the days numbered for second-class citizenship for women in Israel? Following two announcements in two days, it seems the exclusion of women from Israel’s public sphere may finally be nearing an end. The Attorney General Wednesday recommended criminalizing behavior that stops women from receiving “public services with equal conditions.” And today, Justice Minister Tzipi…
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Opinion Is Arab (League) Glass Half Full?
Skeptics point out that all that happened yesterday was that Arab leaders acknowledged what everyone already knows — that if and when Israel makes a final peace agreement with the Palestinians, it won’t return exactly to 1967 borders. This is true. When the Arab League indicated that it is updating its position from its Arab…
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Israel News One Giant Step for Israel as Company Plots Moon Launch
Is the startup nation poised to become the blast-off nation? Past a gaggle of undergraduates and up two flights of stairs, in a shabby Tel Aviv University building, sits a team working to change the face of space travel — starting with an Israeli moon landing. The group is designing a spacecraft that is just…
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