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Fast Forward Israel Detente With Turkey Could Bring Closer Ties to NATO
Israel’s efforts to reconcile with NATO member Turkey will help enhance Israeli intelligence sharing and other security cooperation with the alliance, a NATO diplomat said on Tuesday. The once-strong Israeli-Turkish partnership was shattered by Israel’s killing of 10 pro-Palestinian Turkish activists who sailed against its Gaza blockade in 2010, and Ankara had chafed at Israeli…
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Opinion Why Avigdor Lieberman Might Just Be the Key to Mideast Peace. Really.
It could turn out to be the biggest surprise of the year in Middle East diplomacy: Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s blustering, ultra-nationalist new defense minister, just might be the key to reviving the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process. So, at least, say several key sources familiar with a complex round of behind-the-scenes Israeli-Arab contacts. Lieberman’s significance lies…
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Opinion Is B’Tselem Right To Quit Playing ‘Middle Man’ for the IDF?
B’Tselem, Israel’s human rights watchdog organization, made waves recently when it announced that it will no longer refer cases of alleged abuse to the Israel Defense Forces for disciplinary action. In a report, B’Tselem says that “cooperation with the military investigation and enforcement systems has not achieved justice, instead lending legitimacy to the occupation regime…
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Fast Forward U.N. Says Israeli Move on Palestinian Permits May Be Collective Punishment
Israel’s cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv may amount to collective punishment, which is banned under international law, the United Nations’ top human rights official said on Friday. Responding to the criticism, Israel defended its actions as “legitimate steps in order to defend its citizens from terrorists”. The…
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Fast Forward At Funeral, Tel Aviv Terror Victim’s Father Slams Government Response
The father of one of the victims of Wednesday’s terror attack at a Tel Aviv shopping center criticized the Israeli government for not doing enough to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the funeral Thursday for Ido Ben Ari, one of four people killed when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire at the Sarona Market in central…
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Opinion The Sickening Triumphalism of Trolls Who Are Glad ‘Tel Aviv Lefties’ Got Killed
The images of Palestinians rejoicing after Wednesday night’s terrorist attack sicken me. It nauseates me to think about the dozens of Jerusalemite Palestinians who were cheering the gunmen at the Damascus Gate, only about a mile and a half from my home, and passing out candies in cities and towns throughout the West Bank. It…
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News Birthright by the Numbers
(JTA) — There may be no such thing as a free lunch. But there is a free 10-day trip to Israel. For 16 years now, the Birthright Israel Foundation has been giving away guided tours of the country to young people from around the world. The goal is to strengthen participants’ Jewish identity and connection to…
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Opinion Bloody Terror Attack Poses Tricky Questions for Israel — Especially New Defense Chief
The shooting on Wednesday night in the very heart of Tel Aviv, in which four people were killed and six wounded, was the first lethal attack in Israel for exactly three months. The last time that the so-called ‘stabbing intifada’ claimed a life was in March, when American citizen Taylor Force was killed in Jaffa….
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