http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009305/whos-to-blame-for-abbas-resignation http://jta.org/site/whos-to-blame-for-abbas-resignation/#When:15:39:00Z Mahmoud Abbas wants to resign as Palestinian Authority president. Who’s to blame? 2009-11-19T15:39:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009303/british-tv-on-the-pro-israel-lobby http://jta.org/site/british-tv-on-the-pro-israel-lobby/#When:14:41:00Z Filled with sinister music and conspiratorial insinuations, a TV program on the Israel lobby in Britain is a one-sided broadside that portrays supporters of Israel in England as a shady, moneyed lobby manipulating members of Parliament and the media at will. Featured 2009-11-19T14:41:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009231/nif-on-defense-for-rape-poster-demonizing-israel http://jta.org/site/nif-on-defense-for-rape-poster-demonizing-israel/#When:19:48:00Z The New Israel Fund is defending its sponsorship of three Arab groups behind a poster suggesting that IDF soldiers sexually violate Arab women. 2009-11-16T19:48:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009226/controversy-crime-and-color-from-from-around-these-jewish-united-states http://jta.org/site/controversy-crime-and-color-from-from-around-these-jewish-united-states/#When:18:55:00Z Controversy, crime and color from from around these Jewish United States. Featured 2009-11-16T18:55:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009211/roger-cohen-the-israelis-are-the-problem http://jta.org/site/roger-cohen-the-israelis-are-the-problem/#When:14:30:00Z In Roger Cohen’s view, it’s Israeli psychology that impedes peace; no mention of the Palestinians. Featured 2009-11-16T14:30:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/10/1009099/obama-shifts-into-israels-corner-but-tries-not-to-show-it http://jta.org/site/obama-shifts-into-israels-corner-but-tries-not-to-show-it/#When:21:33:00Z The unusual circumstances of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting this week reflect the predicament faced by both sides: Neither wants to make it too obvious that the Obama administration has adopted the Israeli position on returning to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating table. Frontpage Sub Headline, GA2009-Featured, Politics, Middle East, Sub Headline 2009-11-10T21:33:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/09/1009036/tom-friedman-goes-w-on-arab-israel-conflict http://jta.org/site/tom-friedman-goes-w-on-arab-israel-conflict/#When:15:01:00Z Thomas Friedman advocates for George W. Bush’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Do nothing. Featured 2009-11-09T15:01:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/26/1008726/sharanskys-manifesto http://jta.org/site/sharanskys-manifesto/#When:13:40:00Z Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky shares his views on the shortcomings and truths in the way Diaspora and Israeli Jews look at each other: Featured 2009-10-26T13:40:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/21/1008640/tel-aviv-subway-where-art-thou http://jta.org/site/tel-aviv-subway-where-art-thou/#When:15:14:00Z How is it that Tel Aviv, which is celebrating its centennial, doesn’t have a subway? asks Aluf Benn in Ha’aretz: 2009-10-21T15:14:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/21/1008639/jews-in-palestine http://jta.org/site/jews-in-palestine/#When:15:00:01Z A columnist for Lebanon’s Daily Star proposes an Israeli-Palestinian agreement in which Jews who refuse to leave the West Bank would become citizens of Palestine, with the right to leave and immigrate to Israel whenever they choose. Bill Glucroft writes: 2009-10-21T15:00:01-05:00