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Opinion Google Switches to ‘Palestine’
At least on Google, it’s Palestine. The company made waves this week when it changed the geographic tagline for the Palestinian version of its search engine, Google.ps, to read “Palestine” instead of “Palestinian Territories,” Foreign Policy reported. “We’re changing the name ‘Palestinian Territories’ to ‘Palestine’ across our products,” Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said in a…
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Food Mixing Bowl: BBQ Contest; Kosher Burgers
Meet the world’s most accomplished Israeli sommelier. [The NY Jewish Week] Get ready for the second annual Long Island kosher BBQ cook-off. Trust us, you’ll want to save your appetite for this one. [Yeah That’s Kosher] Serious Reading: four delicious books to devour this summer. [Serious Eats] High-end burgers are showing up all over kosher…
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Fast Forward Tzipi Livni Rejects 1967 Borders as Pre-Condition to Peace Negotiations
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, has reportedly refused to accept the 1967 border as the basis for a final Israeli-Palestinian border prior to negotiations. Livni told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday that Israel would not agree to the 1967 borders as a precondition of peace negotiations with the Palestinians, Maariv reported. Rather, she…
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Fast Forward Taking Sides in Syria War Is Tough Choice for Israel
The dilemma Israel faces in trying to formulate a strategy on Syria two years into its civil war is symbolised by a case being heard in a small courtroom near Tel Aviv. The state is prosecuting an Arab Israeli who briefly joined the rebel forces fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Arrested after his return…
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Fast Forward Upgraded Bunker Buster Could Destroy Iran Nuke
U.S. officials told Israel that the United States has new weapons capable of destroying Iran’s underground nuclear site in Fordow, an American daily reported. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday quoted diplomats as saying that U.S. officials had shown video footage to their Israeli counterparts of an earlier version of a bunker buster bomb in…
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Fast Forward China Offers To Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace
China offered to broker a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will be in Beijing next week on separate visits, each at the invitation of the government. “If the leaders of Palestine and Israel have the will to meet in China, China is…
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Opinion Israel Was Right Not To Return Golan Heights to Syria
Here’s the beginning of one newspaper article about Syria that you didn’t read this week: “Israel Weighs Golan Invasion.” “U.S. Warns It Not To Act.” “Israeli troops exchanged fire with Syrian rebels on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and Syrian army artillery fire killed two vacationing Israelis on a nearby beach, Israel’s Cabinet…
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Opinion Warren Buffett’s $2B Bet on Israel
Warren Buffett, the famed investment Oracle of Omaha, is in love with the Israeli economy, or at least with one company. On Wednesday, shortly after announcing his purchase of Israeli cutting tool maker Iscar for $2 billion, a move that would complete his takeover of the company, Buffett sat down with Israeli reporters at the…
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