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  Make a Deal With Syria and Weaken the Iran-Hezbollah Axis

  Is Damascus serious in its repeated offers to negotiate peace with Israel? Even if it is, should Israel let down its guard and take a chance on negotiating with this known supporter of terrorism? The consensus answer in Washington and Jerusalem seems to be a firm no. But a careful look at the current situation,…

  By Martin van Creveld

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  The Deadly Origins Of A Life-saving Procedure

  Every year in America, more than 3 million women undergo a colposcopy. Considered the gold standard for detecting cervical cancer in women with abnormal Pap smears, the procedure has saved an untold number of American lives. Indeed, in developing countries, where colposcopies are often unavailable, carcinoma of the cervix remains the leading cause of death…

  By Ruth Jolanda Weinberger Jan 26, 2007 | 3 min read
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  In Defense of Condi’s Right To Choose

  In a much-publicized Senate foreign relations committee hearing earlier this month, Senator Barbara Boxer of California questioned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about who was paying a price for the Iraq War. Boxer’s own children and grandchild, she admitted, are either too old or too young to do so. And, she said, “You’re not going…

  By Kathleen Peratis Jan 26, 2007 | 4 min read

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  A Word, Yossi Beilin, From An Old Friend

  Yossi, last week you published an opinion article on this page defending the legacy of Jimmy Carter and his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” (“Carter Is No More Critical of Israel Than Israelis Themselves”). As one of the 15 councilors who resigned last week from the board of the Carter Center — and as an…

  By Steve Berman Jan 26, 2007 | 3 min read
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  Not All Critics Are Our Enemies

  The evident and growing antipathy toward Israel on America’s left, and on college campuses in particular, has become a fashion of our time. It is dispiriting even if no longer surprising; though reports of its extent are often exaggerated, it is real enough to be a legitimate concern. Now and then, it serves as cover…

  By Leonard Fein Jan 26, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  January 26, 2007

  AJCongress Did Not Leave Campus Coalition The American Jewish Congress has not, as a January 19 article reports, resigned from the Israel on Campus Coalition (“Campus Coalition Split Over Progressive Union”). The letter cited in the article was sent by an assistant regional director acting without clearance from national headquarters, or even from her regional…

  Jan 26, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Mr. Bush’s Political Science

  Now that President Bush has offered up his best notion of what it might mean to govern in a bipartisan fashion during his last two years, it’s clearly up to the Democrats to come up with a plan that has at least a chance of working. The president’s plan, as spelled out in this week’s…

  Jan 26, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Carter Is No More Critical of Israel Than Israelis Themselves

  Looking at the controversy that has erupted over former President Jimmy Carter’s book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” I have to say I am a little envious — envious of a national culture in which a book, or just a book title, can stir such a debate. I cannot recall when the publication of a book…

  By Yossi Beilin Jan 19, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Taking Bush At His Word

  Several months ago I was blessed with an interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, one of the best communicators ever to represent the United States on the world stage. As an aside, I asked him what his reaction was to President Bush’s unfortunate phrase “bring it on” during an otherwise uneventful White House…

  By Frank Luntz Jan 19, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Twelve Days That Should Rend Our Souls Asunder

  This week and next, we would do well to pause and reflect on the solemn and universal backdrop against which this period of time unfolds every year. It is a period that reminds us of those historical encounters between governors and governed, when every act of the authorities exasperates the people and every refusal to…

  By Beryl Wajsman Jan 19, 2007 | 4 min read
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  If It’s ‘Apartheid,’ Then Who’s the Palestinian Mandela?

  Of all humanistic disciplines, history is the easiest to exploit for the advancement of one’s political worldviews. Former president Jimmy Carter’s recent book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” is an interesting case in point. Carter compares Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians to the notorious system of racial segregation that was imposed on blacks in South Africa….

  By Nir Eisikovits Jan 19, 2007 | 3 min read