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Fast Forward Europeans Plan Visa Ban on Extremist Settlers
European diplomats have recommended imposing visa bans on violent Israeli settlers, as Denmark helped organize a workshop on labeling settlement goods in the European Union. The Political and Security Committee – a group of E.U. ambassadors dealing with conflict zones – recommended the visa ban at a meeting in Brussels on Nov. 16, according to…
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Israel News Susan Rice Wins Over Israel Supporters
Facing a group of 400 rabbis affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice opened a speech last March with her favorite quote from psalms: “Hinei ma’tov uma-nayim, shevet achim gam yachad” (Behold how good and how pleasing if people could sit together in unity). Rice conceded she needed to…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Back Palestinian U.N. Bid
I rather doubt that more than a few of those whose knees have jerked in opposition to the planned request by the PLO that its status at the United Nations be upgraded have actually read the resolution. Instead, they rely on Israel’s bitter opposition and on America’s predictable opposition. Israel has ludicrously announced that if…
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Fast Forward Is Barak a Canny Survivor or Reluctant Politician?
Is Ehud Barak a calculating political survivor or a military man who, in his own words, “never had any special desire” for political life? Will he be remembered as a warrior or as a seeker of peace? And what will he do next? Barak’s announcement of his retirement from politics on Monday raised more questions…
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Fast Forward Gaza Says ‘Thank You’ to Iran
Gazans offered very public thanks to Iran on Tuesday for helping them in this month’s fight against Israel, when Iranian-made missiles were fired out of the Palestinian enclave towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. “Thank you Iran”, said large billboards on three major road junctions in the Gaza Strip – the first time there has been…
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Fast Forward Tzipi Livni Announces Israel Election Run
Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announced her candidacy on Tuesday in a January general election, pledging to “fight for peace” with the Palestinians as a centrist alternative to Israel’s right-wing leadership. Livni, voted out as the head of the main opposition Kadima party in an internal ballot in March, told a news conference she had…
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Opinion No Divisions Between Jews When Rockets Fly
Like many Jewish leaders, I have devoted the majority of my professional life to advocating on behalf of my denomination. Sometimes the need is concrete, other times ideological. From supporting the worldwide network of the 600-plus Conservative kehillot to agitating on behalf of a Judaism that is pluralistic, intellectually compelling and rooted in tradition, my…
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Israel News American Students Run for Cover as Rockets Rain
When the first two sirens went off, Shoshana Leshaw ran from her second-floor bedroom down to the bomb shelter in the basement. By the time the third and fourth sirens wailed, she went no farther than the stairwell. “It’s almost like you’re sick of the sirens interrupting your sleep,” Leshaw said. “You just want to…
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