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Opinion Is Israel a Special Case?
As the blunt ax of sequestration begins its crude work, chopping federal expenditures with no purpose or sense of priority, it’s no wonder that those who work to secure and protect American aid to Israel are worried. That $3.1 billion pays for more than a military shopping list every year. It’s an outward representation of…
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Culture Palestine Might Still Be A Better Name Than Israel
‘He’s not going to give up one inch of Eretz Israel,” New York Times columnist Roger Cohen quotes Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri as saying of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 15. And Cohen adds, by way of explanation, “Eretz Israel is a biblical term widely used to refer to the area between the…
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Opinion The Messages in Obama’s Israel Itinerary
President Obama’s itinerary for his upcoming visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank contains messages both direct and subtle. And one of the subtler messages seems to be embedded in his decision to visit the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit in Jerusalem. In case the intended message passes you by: When President Obama spoke to…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama’s Israeli Classmates Don’t Remember Him From Columbia
Among those Israelis vying for the attention of Barack Obama as he prepares for his visit here next week, one fairly large, yet little-known group can claim a special long-standing connection to the U.S. president: We were his classmates in the Columbia University undergraduate class of 1983. As of the latest count, there are close…
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The Schmooze President Obama’s Fake Mustache Fantasy
On Thursday night, President Obama told Israel’s Channel Two that he often fantasizes about going around in disguise while on official trips —with say, a fake mustache — and just blending in. As expected, the Internet exploded. Top 10 fake mustaches for President Obama’s fantasy esquire.com/blogs/mens-fas… twitter.com/mikenizza/stat… ampmdash; Mike Nizza (@mikenizza) March 14, 2013 “Sometimes…
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Israel News Pope Francis I Speaks on Holocaust, Israel and Jews in Only Book
Within hours of the selection of Pope Francis I as the new pontiff, newspapers quoted the heads of the major Jewish agencies saying that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was committed to building bridges to the Jewish community. Jewish leaders said they expected to have a fruitful relationship with him. As a bishop and then cardinal,…
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Opinion Bibi’s Final Snub
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Beytenu party announced Friday afternoon Israel-time that the coalition negotiations are complete, and the government will be presented to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night. Expect a swearing in on Monday (just don’t ask what Sara Netanyahu will be wearing for this swearing in). There was a last-minute hitch last-night which saw Jewish…
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Fast Forward Obama Won’t Trip Over Netanyahu’s Iran ‘Red Line’
U.S. President Barack Obama visits Israel next week at the onset of spring – the “red line” previously drawn by his host, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to trigger an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. But an Israeli-Iranian war, Washington’s nightmare as it tries to scale back defence commitments abroad and avoid a draining Gulf oil…
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