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- A leading Kadima Party member presented a plan to establish a Palestinian state within one year.
- President Obama called on Israelis to continue to pursue peace with the Palestinians in a video message screened during a memorial to Yitzhak Rabin.
- The United Nations secretary-general said he will send the Goldstone report to the U.N. Security Council "as soon as possible."
- Reform Jews should eat less red meat and consider more carefully what food they serve in their synagogues, the movement's leader said.
- Composer Richard Wagner's great-grandson criticized the music chosen to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall because it includes a composition by his "anti-Semitic" great-grandfather.
- Mofaz proposes Palestinian state in one year
- Obama calls for peace in Rabin rally address
- Security Council to receive Goldstone ‘soon’
- Yoffie to Reform Jews: Eat less meat, blog more
- Wagner great-grandson objects to Berlin Wall event music
- Jerusalem mayor: U.S., Israel should improve communication
- Norway drops war crimes case against Israel
- Palestinians try to knock down part of security fence
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Attacks on J Street as parley approaches
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Posted in: OU: Where's the outcry on Abbas
06/02/09 01:20 PM
An Olmert offer? What Olmert offer? All Olmert's government did was to approve more construction in the occupied areas. The last commenter is correct however about Abbas and the Palestinians. They still have to accept that they will be living with a Jewish State and stop the teaching of hatred in their schools before a real peace will take hold. What Abbas calls security efforts are real, but also have the dual purpose of getting his fivals from hamas off the streets. Its like the security fence. Yes, it reduces terror attacks but also helps grab land for the settlers. In sum, no one has really honored past treaties and everyone still claims to somehow be a victim. Perhpas Obama will break the cycle with support from the US Jewish left. Or maybe not. But its worth a try.
Posted in: How a settlement's 'natural growth' appears at ground level
06/02/09 01:15 PM
The article neglects to include that Modiin Illit is built mostly on stolen land. Its not land taken in 1948 or 1967. Its, according to the Israel Supreme Court, private land owned by Arabs who never gave up their claims or signed what turned out to be falsified conveyances. I'll be very happy when neither my tax dollars nor my charitable contributions go to support "natural growth."
Posted in: RJC condemns Arkansas GOP state senator (UPDATED)
05/18/09 12:22 PM
Who better than the RJC to recognize divisive language, as they rarely use anything else. Jews know who has vlues and who are the bigot. Thgat's why 80% of us vote for Democrats. With help from Matt Brooks and his Republican Party we can probably get that up to 90% in the next couple of years.
Posted in: Flap over use of U.S. tax exemption to help settlements
04/02/09 12:38 PM
Since money going to Palestinian charities will, directly or indirectly, go to support terrorist activities (every dollar Hamas doesn't have to spend on health care they spend on qassams), I agree that the IRS should be fair. So, while pulling the tax exemptions from all the Jewish organizations that directly or indirectly aid the settlements, Congress and the IRS should do the same for all the Arab/Palestinian/Moslem organizations. Then when the Palestinians really give up terrorism and the Israelis start pulling out instead of expanding settlements, the tax exemptions can be phased back in.
Posted in: Clarifying the debate about Roger Cohen
04/01/09 05:36 PM
Excellent commentary on Mr. Cohen. I agree that his problem is not that he's an anti-Semite but that he's just plain wrong. Of course, it is standard tactic for the self-styled Jewish mainstream in America (the usual American Friends of Likud like Dershowitz, Heonlein, the ZOA, AIPAC, the Republican Jewish Committee and the like) who freely label any critic of Israel as an anti-Semite, unless the critic is a Jew, in which case they are self-hating. Time for a real discussion of Israel among Americans.
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