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Opinion Obama and Netanyahu Need One Other, But Neither One Has Room To Maneuver
When President Obama’s helicopter convoy deposits him in Jerusalem on March 20 for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it will bring together two leaders who, despite their famed mutual antipathy, have far more in common than either man’s partisans would readily admit. It’s a perfect recipe for trouble. Both men have come fresh off…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel Fails To Ignite Faded Peace Hopes — On Either Side
Five years ago, a few months after a Palestinian rocket crashed through his kitchen ceiling, Pinhas Amar received a more welcome guest at his southern Israeli home – Barack Obama, then running for president of the United States. Amar holds up a picture he now keeps in a back room – unframed and glued to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wants Fresh Peace Talks With Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year although the chances of a resumption seemed slim. Abbas made his comments during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russia would do all it could to promote peace in the region. “We… hope…
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Israel News Benjamin Netanyahu Cobbles Together Israel Coalition of Rivals
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has successfully assembled a government, after almost six weeks of tense negotiations and pushing up against his deadline on Saturday. Three parties will serve alongside his Likud-Beiteinu faction: the new centrist Yesh Atid, the staunchly pro-settler Jewish Home, and the Tzipi Livni’s dovish party, known in Hebrew as Hatnua. The…
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Israel News Controversial Panel on Israel Moved From Ansche Chesed After Rabbi Balks
A panel discussion on whether Israel is a democracy has been moved from one Manhattan synagogue to another, following an objection to the event from the first synagogue’s rabbi. The April 4 panel will be held at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, an LGBT synagogue on the far West Side of Manhattan. Organizers had originally rented…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers Supports Surrogacy for Israeli Gay Couple
When she’s not in bed with Sarah Silverman or giving scathing fashion advice, Joan Rivers advocates for the rights of gay couples in Israel. Rivers joined Fashion Police co-stars Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopolous, as well as a number of Israeli celebrities in lending support to Yuval and Liran, an Israeli couple raising awareness about…
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Opinion Israel Offers Teachable Moment To Build Bridges Among Jews, Not Walls
‘They should be ashamed,” a friend wrote me recently. He was referring to the resistance of some Orthodox Jews to joining the Israel Defense Forces. His communication joined the lists of emails and conversations I have had recently with many a friend on the rising tension between the so-called “Orthodox” and “secular” Jews in Israel….
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Opinion Air-Raid Sirens on Israel Memorial Day Evoke Clarion Call for Jewish People
There are those sounds, that when heard, instantaneously rouse within us trenchant thoughts and emotions frequently relegated to the deepest recesses of our psyche. While sound affects us in many ways, its psychological effects are undeniably the most profound. According to Jean-Luc Nancy, the French philosopher, “Sonority is both time and meaning.” Like no other…
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