Peter Lerner
By Peter Lerner
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Opinion BDS Is Linked To Terrorists. Just As You Suspected.
For years, we have heard various claims from Israeli officials positing that the global movement to boycott Israel, known as the BDS Movement, is tainted and controlled by extreme anti-Israel individuals who are unconcerned with the human rights of Palestinians which they claim to champion. However, until this week, no incriminating evidence had ever been…
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Opinion If You Can’t Mourn Ari Fuld, You Are An Accomplice In His Murder
Ari Fuld was a friend. We had met a couple of times face to face, shared a coffee or two, but he was omnipresent on my Facebook feed. We will meet no more. 17-year-old Khalil Yusef Ali Jabarin, from a West Bank village near Hebron, stabbed Ari in the back, and Ari succumbed to his…
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Opinion 4 Things Israel Can Do To Heal The Divide With The Diaspora
A recent New York Times op-ed by Israel mega-donor Ronald S. Lauder excoriated Israel for undermining the value of pluralism so central to Diaspora Jewry. In so doing, argued Lauder, Israel is creating a deep rift with Diaspora Jews, making it difficult to overcome an already existing generational divide about Israel. “We are one people,…
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Opinion Israel’s Nation State Bill Shamed The Minorities Who Give Us Pride
I had the privilege of serving as the spokesperson of the first Druze Major General, Yousef Mishleb. I once tried to convince him to do an interview in Arabic on Al Jazeera because I thought it would send a positive message to the Arabic speaking world. “Peter,” the General told me when I asked him…
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Opinion Hamas, Not Israel, Is Responsible For Deaths In Gaza
It’s now been a month. An entire month of Palestinian organized, initiated and funded violence at the border with Gaza. What began with a promise of non-violence has cost some 35 Palestinian lives and hundreds of reported casualties. But the leaders of Hamas keep promising us that the worst is still ahead. Indeed, we are…
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Opinion Dear John Bolton: 3 Things Israel Needs From You
Ambassador John Bolton, Mazal Tov on your new appointment as National Security Advisor. From Israel, I would like to welcome you to your prestigious and influential position. Your success will most certainly be our success. As you make your first steps into the White House, we wish you good wisdom, sound advice and clear view….
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Opinion An Israeli National Secret Was Just Exposed. Here’s What It Means.
Today marks a huge win for freedom of the press in Israel. In the wee hours of the morning, a gag order was lifted from a long-standing secret, a ten year, six month and 17 day court-ordered silence. But the gag order – as well as its release – reveals an important lesson, not just…
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Opinion Did Iran Just Start A War With Israel?
In the early hours of Saturday, for the first time, Iran infiltrated Israel with a drone. The drone, an advanced model with stealth capabilities, penetrated into Israel through the border from Jordan. It was intercepted after about a minute and a half in Israeli territory by an Apache attack helicopter. In the immediate aftermath, the…
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