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Life Where Are the Israeli Female Small Business Owners?
Renee Ghert-Zand // Israeli women network at the business conference Israeli women, like their counterparts in the United States are, in parlance popularized by Sheryl Sandberg, leaning in. However, although Israel is “start-up nation,” it is no leader when it comes to women and business. I got a chance to learn more about this at…
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Opinion Jerusalem Post’s Absurd Visa Waiver Plea
Getty Images The Jerusalem Post’s latest editorial wades into the Israel-U.S. debate over travel visas — and comes to some absurd conclusions. The government of Israel has been trying for a while to reach an agreement with the American authorities allowing Israeli tourists to visit the U.S. for a short time without a visa. The…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Desperately Seeks To Keep Peace Talks Alive
Washington is keeping up efforts to put Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations back on track despite “unhelpful steps” taken by both sides in the past day, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. A surprise decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to sign more than a dozen international conventions that could give Palestinians greater leverage…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Stands Up to Israel and U.S. With Surprise United Nations Move
A surprise decision by President Mahmoud Abbas to sign more than a dozen international conventions that could give Palestinians greater leverage against Israel left the United States struggling on Wednesday to put peace talks back on track. A senior Palestinian official, voicing frustration deepened by Israel’s failure to carry out a pledged release of several…
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Opinion 5 Myths About Jonathan Pollard Case
The Jonathan Pollard matter just won’t go away — and for good reason. The most recent flurry of interest surrounding the case was fueled this week by the news that the White House might be moved, at long last, to release Pollard from prison. But the problem with the case — however troubling the case…
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Opinion Don’t Pardon Jonathan Pollard
It’s not clear whether the idea was leaked by the Obama administration or advanced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the very suggestion that convicted spy Jonathan J. Pollard may be released from his North Carolina prison as part of an effort to resuscitate the flailing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations has accomplished something rare in Middle…
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News Jonathan Pollard Release Proposal Angers U.S. Intelligence
A U.S. proposal to consider freeing a jailed Israeli spy caught many American intelligence officials off-guard and will face stiff opposition if the Obama administration decides to go ahead with it in a bid to salvage Middle East peace talks, officials said. Negotiations over the fate of Jonathan Pollard, a former naval intelligence analyst serving…
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Opinion Pollard Chatter Means Peace Talks Are Serious
Protestors call for Jonathan Pollard to be released from prison. / Getty Images Jonathan Pollard — the man who stole huge amounts of intelligence and gave it to Israel and has been sitting in an American prison for 30 years — has become a chip to be traded in order keep Israeli-Palestinian talks going. Pollard…
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