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A Coalition Conflicted
In 1967, in the wake of the Six-Day War, the Arab League convened in Khartoum and issued their Three Nos: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel. Thirty-five years...
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Israel’s Bedouin and the Prawer Plan
Credit: Jewish Telegraphic Agency On Monday, June 24, a new law that would regulate Bedouin settlement in Israel’s Negev region passed its first reading in the Knesset with a slim 43-40 margin. The...
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Reminder: Israel is Old
Jews have lived in the land of Israel for thousands of years. They faced several forced expulsions, the most recent lasting nearly 2,000 years. Even throughout that time, Jews lived in the Levant...
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An Israeli and Palestinian Public Opinion Puzzle
Credit: The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs In the past couple of months, two interesting polls have been published on Israeli and Palestinian public opinion. The first (published in late May),...
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Contemplating the Renewed Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Source: Wikimedia Commons Ever since United States Secretary of State John Kerry revealed to international media on July 19 that he had reached an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and the...
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What Peace Process?
After many years and a lot of prodding from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israelis and the Palestinians will be resuming peace talks. Both sides are moving forward reluctantly, and with...
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Palestine, Israel, Hope and Uncertainty
Credit: frontporchaustin.org In just the past ten days, irate Palestinian negotiators briefly suspended peace talks after an Israeli army raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp ended with the deaths of...
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Bibi’s U.N. Speech
Below is an article by Roger Cohen in the New York Times, which favorably references an op-ed by David Harris, the head of the American Jewish Committee. Cohen means to demonstrate that even Harris...
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Palestine Blues (2006)
To say this documentary puts the Israelis in a bad light is a great understatement. It is hard, watching this film, to not want to ally oneself with the Palestinians portrayed in it. The documentary...
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Bibi, Bombs and Blue Jeans
Quick quiz. Which of the following are forbidden in Iran? Walking a dog in public Having a pet cat Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and YouTube Reading (or watching) Harry Potter Barbie Being gay Rocking a...
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Street Art: A Tool for Peace
On the Security Fence, artists BELIN and BIK ISMO painted a child dreaming of peace and sharing toys with his neighbors. A unique humanitarian effort to shed light on and offer hope to those affected...
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Time for Turkey to Apologize to Israel?
In 2010, public attention was focused on a supply flotilla originating from Turkey making its way to Gaza. Israel claimed the shipment was illegal and demanded the Mavi Marmara turn back. The ship...
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Egyptian Jewish Refugee Praises John Kerry’s Policy on Jewish Refugees
Egyptian Alexandria Jews. Choir of Rabbin Moshe Cohen in Samuel Menashe synagogue. Alexandria. (Nebi Daniel Association public photo collection) Levana Zamir, President of the International...
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Candid Discussions: Avinoam Bar-Yosef on the State of Israel and Jewish...
Audi Steinwell via the PikiWiki Avinoam Bar-Yosef is the President and the Founding Director of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPI), an independent policy planning think tank based in...
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Netanyahu: Unwelcome But Undeterred
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at it again. Netanyahu’s decision to accept Speaker John Boehner’s...
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