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On Palestinians, Israel’s Leadership Has a Split Personality

Jonathan Jeremy Goldberg asked in an article published in Forward on June 09, 2013 why can’t the political and security establishment agree? In late February 2002, shortly after Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah presented columnist Thomas Friedman with his...

david.chemla15 June 201315 June 2013

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Wieseltier: Jewish state won’t last unless Israeli-Palestinian conflict solved

Jun. 10, 2013 By The Associated Press (Excerpts) Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country’s survival may be in jeopardy — and says much...

Meir Waintrater11 June 201311 June 2013

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Encountering Peace: Our window of opportunity

By Gershon Baskin, co-chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information. The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2013 (Excerpts) The ticking clock is not the closing of the window on the two-state solution, but on the political...

Meir Waintrater7 June 2013

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Netanyahu’s “map” is a non-starter

The painful truth is that there is no real land potential in Israeli territory for a 1:1 territorial exchange with the Palestinians. Excerpts from an article by Shaul Arieli (Haaretz, June 3, 2013). Read full article HERE. Israel has...

Meir Waintrater3 June 20133 June 2013

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Israel is a country running from its future

The State of Israel is a success story. But there is no chance that it will realize the Zionist vision if it does not protect, with all its power, the principles of democracy. Haaretz Editorial Apr.15, 2013 The...

Meir Waintrater19 April 2013

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Presentation of the JCall’s tour

From April, 27th to May, 5th, a hundred of JCall’s members coming from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Nederland and Switzerland will travel on the roads of Israel and the Palestinians territories. This first trip organized by JCall in...

jcall10 April 201325 November 2014

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“Why the New Palestinian-Only Bus Lines Are Not a Big Deal“ by Jeffrey Goldberg

Jeffrey Goldberg is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. Author of the book Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror, Goldberg also writes the magazine’s advice column. Israeli...

emmanuel.gellman6 March 20139 March 2013

2013 Election Israel Articles Featured News

The post-electoral tragi-comedy

Nearly three weeks after having been named by President Shimon Peres to form the next government, Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself between a rock and a hard place. He is supposed to have formed a coalition by early March, with...

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Why Liberal Zionists Won’t Join BDS

Peter Beinart The Daily Beast / Open Zion Feb 12, 2013 From its start, Open Zion has been a liberal Zionist blog dedicated to open and respectful dialogue with liberal Zionism’s critics, both hawkish Zionists on the right...

Meir Waintrater13 February 2013

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Lapid’s List Says It All

J.J. Goldberg The Daily Beast/Open Zion, Jan 25, 2013 Excerpt: Lapid, unburdened by a primary process or party structure, hand-picked his list. The first person he named, in a dramatic mid-October press conference in Tel Aviv, was Yaakov Perry,...

jcall28 January 201328 January 2013

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Friday night TV polls show right-wing bloc heading to victory

Final surveys indicate Netanyahu set to win Tuesday; Likud-Beytenu projected to take 32-34 seats, with Labor at 16-17; Yesh Atid, Meretz grow stronger By Yifa Yaakov and Yoel Goldman Polls released Friday by Channel 1 and Channel 2, the...

ouzi.meyerson19 January 201319 January 2013

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The Palestinian Authority’s Inconvenient Truths

by Khaled Abu Toameh January 3, 2013 at 5:00 am Western journalists, funders and decision-makers need to know that there are many truths being hidden from their eyes and ears. The truth sometimes hurts; that is why the Palestinian...

jcall18 January 201319 January 2013

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Building a Fortress Cannot Deliver Security for Israel

The following letter from British Prime Minister David Cameron was received by former New York mayor Ed Koch Tuesday in response to his letter which challenged the Prime Minister over his views on Israeli development in Judea and Samaria....

jcall18 January 201330 January 2013