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  The ‘Gaza Doctor’ Speaks Out in Anguish

  I spoke with Izzeldin Abuelaish this morning, as fighting raged between Israel and Hamas. His anguished words could serve as a rallying cry for the way forward. Abuelaish is the Gazan doctor whose daughters and niece were killed by Israeli bombs in the closing days of the last military conflict with Hamas, his desperate cries…

  By Jane Eisner

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  Jane Eisner Discusses Gaza Crisis on MSNBC

  Forward editor-in-chief discussed the battle in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an appearance on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC. Eisner pointed out that Palestinians are plagued by internal divisions that complicate the peace process. She also noted that many American Jews are watching the conflagration with nervous concern. MSNBC host Chris Hayes…

  By Forward Staff Nov 20, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Israel and Gaza Trapped in Tragic Tape Loop

  How much collateral damage is too much? That is a question that should be asked regarding America’ drone operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but it cannot be answered except episodically because nothing about those operations is available for public scrutiny. It is also a question which must be asked of Israel in connection with its…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 20, 2012 | 3 min read

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• Dan Perry For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Mazel Tov, Montreal!

  With his election last Friday, Michael Applebaum has become not only the first non-native French speaker in a century to hold the post. He is also the first-ever Jewish mayor of the second-largest French speaking country in the world. “It’s definitely a proud day,” Leo Kolber, a businessman, philanthropist, former Canadian senator and lifelong Montrealer,…

  By Renee Ghert-Zand Nov 19, 2012 | 3 min read
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  No Place for Nasty

  Now that the presidential election is finally over, it’s time to be blunt: The extreme nastiness of the discourse on Israel, coming mostly from those who opposed President Obama, did a great disservice to the American Jewish community. Well-funded advocacy groups, shadowy organizations and wealthy individuals poisoned the atmosphere and polarized the conversation. They resorted…

  Nov 19, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Bad (Election) Year for the Jews

  Jews had a bad year in terms of winning seats in Congress, falling from 39 members in both chambers in the 112th Congress to only 32 in the next one. We pretty much predicted this outcome. But with the breakdown of the new Congress by religion, which was carried out by the Pew Forum it…

  By Nathan Guttman Nov 18, 2012 | 2 min read
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  A Palestine That Israelis Can’t See

  The status quo in Palestine and Israel is unsustainable. Anyone involved in the reality on the ground in this part of the world knows this for a fact. As such, one can view the current Palestinian bid to the United Nations General Assembly for non-member state status as a last-ditch effort by the secular Palestinian…

  By Sam Bahour Nov 18, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Who Is Palestinians’ Partner for Peace?

  Late on the night of September 13, 1993 — the day the Oslo Accords were signed on the South Lawn at the White House — I was making my way to the door of a hotel suite where a dozen American Jews were talking with Yasser Arafat, when a young man in Arafat’s security entourage…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 17, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Guardian’s Old-Is-New Cartoon Canard

  For a cartoonist, how to say “Jews are controlling international affairs” without actually having to say it? Well, the creation of Israel has made it very easy in this regard. Just replace ‘Jews’ with ‘the Israel lobby’ (or ‘Israel’ itself) and substitute ‘the United States’ or maybe ‘the United Nations’ for the usual ‘international government’…

  By Liam Hoare Nov 16, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Americans and Our ‘Stuff’

  For all the Democrats’ sniping, the losing Republicans have put their finger on an important truth about American voters and why they voted the way they did November 6. As Bill O’Reilly smartly explained it on election night, “people want stuff” from the government. Lots of stuff. No less than 47% believe they’re entitled to…

  By J.J. Goldberg Nov 16, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Tale of Two Davids

  Gen. David Petraeus is not the first famous David in history to be ensnared in the web of infidelity. King David was an adulterer and a fellow military hero as well. However, the similarities end there. While the biblical David was able to retain his kingship because he repented and was forgiven, the contemporary David…

  By Daniel Goodman Nov 16, 2012 | 2 min read