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Israel News Israel’s Establishment Speaks Out on Iran
Against Uzi Arad Former head of National Security Council, former director of research for the Mossad What he said and where Told Forward columnist J.J. Goldberg that Israel must work with Washington, not unilaterally, against Iranian nuclear threat in July 22 interview. What it means Believes Israel alone cannot stop Iran from achieving nuclear weapons…
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News Israeli Mother’s Cancer Fight Unfolds on Facebook
The tragic ordeal of Ayala Pamela Weisfeld – the 40-year-old immigrant mother of two from New Jersey who died this week in Jerusalem following a public five-week bout with cancer – unfolded on a Facebook page in real time and in riveting detail, with twists and turns that veered from hope to nail-biting angst to…
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Opinion Florida Fixation Warps Emphasis on Israel
One of the inescapable narratives of the 2012 presidential election has been, and will continue to be, Mitt Romney’s attempts to woo a slice of Jewish voters away from the Democratic ticket. Except, of course, neither Romney nor President Barack Obama are wooing the entirety of American Jewry. Because the presidential election is determined by…
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Opinion Israel Faces Extremists, U.S. Ignores Them
The dog days of August brought serious wakeup calls for Israel and the United States in their respective struggles against terrorism. Both nations were shaken by violent attacks coming from a direction they hadn’t been watching: racist, right-wing nativists. The similarities between the crises are instructive, and disturbing. So are the differences. For Americans, the…
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Fast Forward Illegal Settlers Squabble Over Evacuation Plans
Residents of the West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf have sent a letter to neighboring residents of the outpost of Migron blaming them of harming the settlement enterprise, saying that their actions will bring about the evacuation of additional West Bank outposts. Givat Assaf is located near Migron on privately owned Palestinian lands, with the…
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Israel News Laughs Aside, Junkets Raise Serious Issues
Belated revelations of the escapades of a group of congressmen in the Sea of Galilee last year have put a number of more serious issues in the spotlight. Comedians had a field day in the immediate aftermath of a report in Politico that Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder went swimming nude in the company of a…
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Opinion Israelis Fear Iran, But Don’t Want Solo Strike
Listening to Israel’s political leaders, it sounds like the country might be at war by the time this piece goes to press. The government is counting on profound levels of fear in Israel to buoy its policies. Indeed, in January a survey of mine showed that Jewish respondents chose nuclear Iran as the top threat…
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Fast Forward U.S. Envoy: Israel’s Probe of Death ‘Not Credible’
Israel’s investigation into the death of American activist Rachel Corrie was not satisfactory, and wasn’t as thorough, credible or transparent as it should have been, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro told the Corrie family this week. The bereaved family − parents Craig and Cindy, and sister Sarah − are in Israel awaiting the verdict…
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