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Dore Gold, foreign policy advisor
Dore Gold, foreign policy advisor (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Bibi’s inner circle

After a few weeks in office, Benjamin Netanyahu has assembled an inner circle that offers some hints about the direction in which the prime minister plans to take the country. Read more »

Bibi tells EU envoys he backs Lieberman

Benjamin Netanyahu told a meeting of European Union ambassadors that he has "complete confidence" in his foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman. Read more »

Iranian unrest prompts calls for more U.S. pressure on regime

With unrest mounting in Iran over official claims of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, U.S. Jewish organizational leaders are calling for more American support for the protesters and more international action to stop the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Read more »

Jerusalem’s big dig nearing end

Construction of Jerusalem's light rail line is heading into the home stretch, but with downtown paralyzed by construction, September 2010 cannot come soon enough for affected business owners. Read more »

Photos and Videos

Anti-Semitism in Maryland Prison Eyal Gabai, director general of the Prime Minister's Office (Flash90/JTA) Zalman Shoval, foreign policy advisor (Gridge/wikimedia commons) Omer Moav, key economic advisor (Daniel B/wikimedia commons) Dore Gold, foreign policy advisor (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) HIAS Helps Reunite Darfuri Family; Combats Legal Limbo Confronting Children of Refugees HIAS Helps Reunite Darfuri Family; Combats Legal Limbo Confronting Children of Refugees Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on June 21, 2009. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90/JTA) Two of the five gay couples who married symbolically at the first Tel Aviv municipality same-sex wedding ceremony under the wedding canopy on June 12, 2009. (Dina Kraft) Iranians take to the streets of Tehran to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, June 13, 2009. (Shahram Sharif/Creative Commons)

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  • Anti-Semitism in Maryland Prison
  • Eyal Gabai, director general of the Prime Minister's Office
  • Zalman Shoval, foreign policy advisor
  • Omer Moav, key economic advisor
  • Dore Gold, foreign policy advisor
  • HIAS Helps Reunite Darfuri Family; Combats Legal Limbo Confronting Children of Refugees
  • HIAS Helps Reunite Darfuri Family; Combats Legal Limbo Confronting Children of Refugees
  • Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on June 21, 2009.
  • Two of the five gay couples who married symbolically at the first Tel Aviv municipality same-sex wedding ceremony under the wedding canopy on June 12, 2009.
  • Iranians take to the streets of Tehran to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, June 13, 2009.
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