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Opinion Small Talk and Big Hopes for Romney
The gatekeeper hands a man two name badges, explaining that staff were unsure how he likes his name spelled so they made both. “Can I sell you one back for $50,000?” he asks with a smile, a reference to the price per couple at this exclusive fundraising breakfast with Mitt Romney. At that moment the…
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Culture When the Right Is Right About the Left
Let me start with my bona fides. For several years, and at significant personal cost, I have spoken out about Israeli policies in the West Bank, in particular the settlements and the route of the separation barrier, which I deem to be generally illegal, immoral and harmful to both Israelis and Palestinians. I am also…
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News Jo Aleh Is Olympic Rarity
Jo Aleh, a 26-year-old from New Zealand, will be competing in the 2012 Olympics in the women’s 470 sailing competition. Aleh, whose parents, Shuki and Daniella Aleh, lived in Israel before moving to her native Auckland, will be sailing with teammate Olivia ‘Polly’ Powrie in their vessel, Muppet. Aleh came in seventh in the 2008…
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Israel News Romney Strikes Chord in Jerusalem
It felt more like a wedding than a political rally. For his speech, Mitt Romney chose the spot that brides and grooms would die for, a large outdoor patio with panoramic viewpoint with a grand view of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City walls. And at sunset. An hour before Romney mounted the platform, which…
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Fast Forward Romney Preps for Charm Offensive Speech
Finished with his prayers, at the Western Wall, Mitt Romney is now gearing up for his charm offensive. This evening he will give a policy address in Jerusalem, in which he looks set to send out a message that he’s on the same page as Israelis. The speech will apparently be entitled Our Enduring Alliance,…
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Fast Forward Romney Holds Warm Meeting With Bibi
Mitt Romney, the GOP presumptive presidential nominee, affirmed the strong alliance between the U.S. and Israel during meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. Romney arrived in Israel on Saturday night from London. In the meetings, held Sunday morning in Jerusalem, Romney affirmed a strong alliance between the U.S….
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Opinion Out Bibi-ing Bibi
Mitt Romney has out Bibi-ed Bibi. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for saying that history is repeating itself. The way he tells it, we’re in the late 1930s, and today’s Nazis are the leaders of the Iranian regime, who threaten Israel’s future and perpetrate attacks like the recent one in Bulgaria through its…
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Fast Forward Romney Aide: Mitt Would Back Iran Strike
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to use military force to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, a senior aide said on Sunday. Romney met in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the second leg of a foreign trip aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials in his…
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