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Life Loving Israel’s ‘Bazaar of the Bizarre’
Jacob Savage has penned a colorful love letter to Israel’s most maligned building: Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station. He writes: Subcultures have embraced various corners of the building. Some storefronts are exclusively in Thai, some in Russian, some in English. Of course there is Hebrew, which in much of the station seems almost like an…
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Life The Yankees Look East to Zion
The Yankees may not have yet picked a successor for departing manager Joe Torre, but they have made some minor announcements in the past few days, signing two stars from this season’s Israel Baseball league to minor-league contracts. The Yankees organization picked up Jason Rees, an outfielder with the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox who hit…
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Life We the Israelis
Ha’aretz’s Shahar Ilan offers a fascinating and thorough look at efforts to draft a constitution for Israel.
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News No Division of Jerusalem, Hillary Says
In a position paper released to JTA today, Hillary Clinton affirms her belief in Israel’s right to exist with an undivided Jersalem as its capital.
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News A Muslim Congressman Heads to the Holy Land
Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota is among a congressional delegation visiting Israel this week with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. The eighteen-member group, which is almost all freshmen, also includes Jewish congressmen Paul Hodes, John Yarmuth and Steve Cohen. My colleague Nathan Guttman is in Israel now and will have a story up this week…
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News Is Obama Destined for the Campaign’s Israel Hot Seat?
When the three leading Democratic presidential contenders got together for a faith and politics forum this past Monday night, it was Illinois Senator Barack Obama who once again fielded a bonus round question about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Asked whether the Palestinians are being treated morally, fairly, and justly by the Israelis, Obama told the audience…
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News Law & Order: Israel
Fred Thompson says it’s time to let Israel take care of business.
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Israel News Baker Group Advisers ‘Surprised,’ ‘Upset’ at Report’s Israel-Iraq Link
Washington – Several advisers to the bipartisan Iraq Study Group were surprised and upset by the decision of panel leaders to argue that American success in Iraq depends in part on progress in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Forward has learned. Issued eight weeks ago, the Iraq Study Group’s final report asserted that “the United…
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