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Fast Forward Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90
Avineri applied his historical perspective as a frequent commentator in the Israeli and foreign media, and as a regular columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz
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Opinion Henry Kissinger and his original sins of US Middle East policy
Kissinger thwarted several opportunities to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for good
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News People are filing to trademark the phrase ‘From the river to the sea.’ Will that make it any less common?
If the goal of such applications is to curtail anti-Israel sentiments, they're unlikely to succeed
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Culture What is Neturei Karta, the Orthodox group at all the pro-Palestinian protests?
The fringe Haredi sect is staunchly anti-Zionist, but far from beloved by other Jews
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Culture Mosab Abu Toha isn’t the first Palestinian writer targeted by Israel
The poet was released Tuesday after two days in captivity. While the reason for his detention remains unclear, Israeli authorities have arrested and jailed celebrated Palestinian writers in the past.
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Opinion This war is a call to action for religious Jews on the left
It would be an egregious mistake to conflate the larger Religious Zionist world with the extremists in its midst
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Fast Forward Leading Israeli leftists rebuke progressives elsewhere for failing to condemn Hamas
They say there is ‘no contradiction’ between denouncing both Hamas’ brutality and the 'Israeli occupation’
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Opinion My friends on the left want a cease-fire. Why aren’t they demanding that Hamas surrender, instead?
I, too, am grieving the loss of innocent Palestinian lives. But a cease-fire will only create new openings for Hamas — not peace
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Culture Henry Kissinger: ‘If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.’
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Opinion Hamas is not as popular in Gaza as it seems. But Israel’s tactics will ensure their survival
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Opinion Israeli women were raped and widowed by Hamas. Now the world ignores and mocks their suffering
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