This is the Forward’s coverage of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Opinion Religion Wars: Bishops vs. Congress, Rabbis vs. Israel Defense Force
Confrontations between religious authority and electoral democracy continued to simmer on a number of sensitive fronts today (Sunday, November 22). Wherever you looked, no one was showing any sign of backing down. Item: In Rhode Island, the Providence Journal reported a claim by Representative Patrick Kennedy that he had been barred from receiving communion by…
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Opinion Settlements Aren’t the Problem? Tell the Troops
Israel’s military brass is mildly frantic over a spreading phenomenon of political protest within the infantry ranks by soldiers threatening to disobey if ordered to dismantle settlement structures. Efforts to stem the threats are generating tensions between the military command and a network of army-linked yeshivas. Twice in the past month soldiers in the West…
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Opinion Jewsh Terrorism: ‘You Can’t Blame an Entire (Religious) Community’ — ‘Yes We Can’
There’s an interesting debate unfolding in the opinion section of Ynet, Yediot Ahronot’s Web site, over the role of religion and settler ideology in the alleged crimes of accused West Bank Jewish terrorist Jack Teitel. Some of it appears in translation on their English site, and some of it doesn’t, either by coincidence or because…
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Life Israeli Diplomats Boycott Elaborate Fourth of July Celebration
American diplomats in Israel held their July 4 celebration Wednesday. It took place at the Herzliya home of U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham and was, by all accounts, an elaborate affair. But at least one hawkish lawmaker — World Likud chairman Danny Danon — decided to boycott the event in protest of U.S. pressure on the…
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