Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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News Jews Displaced From Arab Lands Finally Recognized
For the first time since they came to Israel, all 10 Jewish communities displaced from Arab countries have agreed on a course of action to address their grievances — and triumphed in the political arena. The plight of the estimated 856,000 Jews who were forced to leave Arab countries after the establishment of the State…
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Israel News In Israel, Metallica Ticket Prices Stir Backlash
The ultimate heavy metal band Metallica does whatever the hell it likes, right? Well not when faced with disgruntled Israelis. It seems that the Israeli flair for complaining is enough to get even Metallica members to do as they are told. In February, the band announced that they will play at the 42,000-person capacity Ramat…
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Life Israel’s New PR Scheme: Healthy Zionism or Sinister Stalinism?
So, Yuli Edelstein has decided to turn every Israeli in to an ambassador. As part of a new campaign called “Explaining Israel” he is putting out pamphlets, running television advertisements and operating a website asking citizens to get involved in a public diplomacy drive for Israel. “We decided to give Israelis who go abroad tools…
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Life Israel’s New P.R. Scheme: Healthy Zionism or Sinister Stalinism?
Likud Knesset member Yuli Edelstein has decided to turn every Israeli in to an ambassador. As part of a new campaign called “Explaining Israel” he is putting out pamphlets, running television advertisements and operating a website asking citizens to get involved in a public diplomacy drive for Israel. “We decided to give Israelis who go…
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News Hamas Retaliation for Dubai Hit Seen As Likely to Be Constrained
When senior Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh died in Dubai in mid-January, it was a year and one day since a loose de facto cease-fire had taken hold between Israel and Hamas with the end of Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. That situation may now change — or, indeed, has already, if reports…
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Life Two States for Two Peoples: A Postscript
Here’s an interesting postscript to the first installment of the new Forward series “Imagining Two States for Two Peoples.” In the article, published yesterday, we consider Palestinian claims about the difficulties that settlements cause for Palestinians trying to travel around the West Bank. Now, settlers are making the same claim about the new Palestinian city…
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News ‘Two-State Solution’ Faces a Patchwork of Challenges
As the Obama administration struggles to restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a two-state solution remains the final goal, supported by governments in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Washington and Moscow. It enjoys at least lip service from everyone from Benjamin Netanyahu on the right to Noam Chomsky on the left. It is a term that has…
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News Shas Breaks Old Taboo, Joins Zionists
Israel’s largest ultra-Orthodox political party is eliciting outrage from those to its right and a mix of anxiety and applause from those to its left after breaking a 113-year-old taboo and joining the Zionist establishment. Back in 1897, several leading ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, rabbis declared that it was prohibited for Orthodox Jews to get involved…
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