Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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Opinion How Much Is Mandela Worth To Israel? Less Than Thatcher
The Knesset’s speaker has just confirmed that he will lead a delegation of Israeli lawmakers to Nelson Mandela’s funeral, following announcements that the Prime Minister and President will skip it. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is saying that he has Israeli taxpayers’ interests at heart in his decision to skip the burial — it would simply be…
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Israel News Israeli Security Experts Offer Divergent Views on Iran Nuclear Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s full-throated denunciation of the interim nuclear deal reached with Iran has overshadowed any other reactions from Israel’s intelligence and military echelon. For Netanyahu, the agreement between the Islamic Republic and Western powers is “not an historic agreement, it is an historic mistake.” This dismissive view was echoed by many of his…
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Israel News Amish Celebrate Thanksgiving (and Hanukkah) in Holy Land
Amish preacher Roy Yoder normally marks Thanksgiving the traditional way in his Montana home. But this year, he celebrated Hanukkah instead — in Israel. Instead of tucking in to a turkey meal, he feasted on falafel, and instead of reflecting on the pilgrims, he spent the day learning about the story of the Maccabees. Yoder…
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Opinion The Day (Israeli) Music Died
To borrow a phrase from Don McLean, here in Israel, yesterday was the day the music died. Just as Buddy Holly, who McLean was singing about, was an American icon, Arik Einstein, who passed away aged 74, was an Israeli icon. He was the man who moved on the ideologically earnest music of the Zionist…
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Opinion Israel Packs Up Typhoon Relief Effort
The Israeli military’s emergency mission to the Philippines packed up its field hospital today — but not before leaving giving a new x-ray machine, used only during this mission, to the local hospital. A week-and-a-half ago the Israel Defense Forces set up the only medical aid facility in the island of Cebu. The 125 medics…
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Israel News Utopian Thinkers Plan for Future One-State Israel Solution — If It Comes
With reports that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are faltering, figures from the fringes are jockeying to fill the vacuum they believe will result. As a two-state solution fades, thinkers and activists currently viewed as marginal on both the left and the right, are preparing to wheel out projects that others might…
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Opinion Fall of Mizrachi Singing Sensation Eyal Golan
Eyal Golan, one of Israel’s most famous singers, is under house arrest, suspected of having sex with underage girls. Golan is a bestselling artist from the mizrachi or Eastern music genre, as well as being a television star. He has his own show, and serves as a judge on the talent show Rising Star. The…
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Opinion Terror Crosses the Green Line
When an Israeli soldier was murdered on a bus last week, it didn’t just mark the continuation of a wave of Palestinian-perpetrated killings of Israelis. It moved the violence to a new setting. It’s now crossed the Green Line. Since the summer, a soldier was murdered in Hebron, a restaurant worker was murdered by a…
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