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Opinion Primal Truths of Right vs. Wrong
Something raw and elemental has been laid bare in the current Middle East crisis, exposing certain primal truths about our new world order that many of us might have preferred not to know. As awkward as it might be for liberals to acknowledge, there is no comforting balance of competing rights in this battle, no…
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Israel News Bush Urged To Give Israel More Time for Attacks
WASHINGTON — Bucking calls in the international community for a cease-fire in the Middle East, Jewish organizations launched a major lobbying offensive in the nation’s capital this week to give Israel more time to deal a decisive blow to Islamist militants in Lebanon and Gaza. With the civilian death toll in Lebanon surpassing 200 early…
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Israel News Pol Takes Name off Resolution
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi this past Wednesday pulled her co-sponsorship of a bipartisan resolution on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, because Republican House leaders refused to include language in the statement calling on all sides to minimize civilian casualties. For the past week, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives…
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Israel News Experts Say Hezbollah Has Global Reach
Facing an unprecedented Israeli military onslaught, Hezbollah could turn back the clock a decade and resort to terrorist strikes against Jewish and Western targets outside of Lebanon, experts warn. While it is not believed to have struck abroad since the bombing of a Jewish communal center in Argentina in 1994, the Lebanese Shiite militia has…
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Israel News Bloggers Offer Unusual Take On Raging Conflict: Silence
Bloggers — as the feisty class of Internet pundits are known — love to paint themselves as free-speech warriors who bravely tackle the hard truths that mainstream media outlets either ignore or distort. But as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah raged on and conventional media outlets covered the news from the ground, major players…
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News Yid.Dish: Lamb Tagine
Serves 6+ For the lamb 3 pounds lamb shoulder cut into 2 inch cubes Olive oil 6 medium carrots-peeled and cut into large dice 2 large Spanish onions-peeled and diced2 fennel bulbs diced, reserve fronds for garnish 8 large cloves garlic-chopped ½ cup halved pitted dates ½ cup halved dried figs½ cup halved dried apricots…
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