http://jta.org/news/ en marcus@infolink.com.br Copyright 2009 2009-11-22T22:02:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/19/1009304/the-gilo-announcement-more-than-just-an-announcement http://jta.org/site/the-gilo-announcement-more-than-just-an-announcement/#When:14:48:00Z Lara Friedman at Americans for Peace Now writes in to correct me about the nature of Israel’s Gilo announcement. 2009-11-19T14:48:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/17/1009265/funny-republicans http://jta.org/site/funny-republicans/#When:21:56:00Z A mole who attended the Saban Institute forum in Jerusalem this week singled out as cutups not Bill Clinton or Bibi Netanyahu, the event’s star speakers, but U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)—and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R.) 2009-11-17T21:56:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/17/1009263/where-did-settlements-go http://jta.org/site/where-did-settlements-go/#When:21:52:01Z Spencer Ackerman has a nice catch (h/t to a Ben Smith tweet): 2009-11-17T21:52:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/17/1009262/ian-kelly-state-v-matt-lee-ap-the-battle-over-equivalence http://jta.org/site/ian-kelly-state-v-matt-lee-ap-the-battle-over-equivalence/#When:21:24:00Z Matt Lee of the Associated Press takes on Ian Kelly at the U.S. State Department on equating Israel’s announcement of additional units in Gilo in eastern Jerusalem v. Palestinian plans to unilaterally declare an independent state. 2009-11-17T21:24:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/17/1009260/white-house-statement-on-building-in-gilo http://jta.org/site/white-house-statement-on-building-in-gilo/#When:19:14:00Z Marcy just posted this brief on the latest evidence that all is not cookies and coffee between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations: 2009-11-17T19:14:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/16/1009230/soros-soros-everywhere http://jta.org/site/soros-soros-everywhere/#When:19:47:01Z I think Daniel Luban at the Faster Times has the Washington Times story on the National Iranian American Council mostly wrong. 2009-11-16T19:47:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/16/1009228/when-no-hatikvah-means-hopeless http://jta.org/site/when-no-hatikvah-means-hopeless/#When:19:32:00Z Israelity tracks the story of the Vienna fencing competition that "misplaced" its copy of Hatikvah when two Israeli  teens placed gold and bronze, and has a suggestion I like: 2009-11-16T19:32:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/16/1009220/more-on-those-paintings http://jta.org/site/more-on-those-paintings/#When:17:34:00Z Laura Rozen digs deeper into the mysterious shifting painting in the Oval Office (Is it reversible? Are Grant’s eyes tracking Bibi? Shades of Scooby Doo!!) 2009-11-16T17:34:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/11/16/1009219/more-on-unprecedented http://jta.org/site/more-on-unprecedented/#When:17:22:01Z At Politico, Laura Rozen notes the New Republic piece which counts Hillary Rodham Clinton’s description of Israel’s partial settlement freeze as "unprecedented" as among her "gaffes." 2009-11-16T17:22:01-05:00