Reporter's Notebook

Israelis are rude — illustration

Reporter's Notebook

Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?

A reputation for abrasive or merely boundary-less behavior has survived into the "start-up nation" era.

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Reporter's Notebook

How an encounter between Jews and Palestinians underlines the promise and failures of Oslo

The peace accords died when neighbors could find no way to talk with one another beyond walls, bombs and bullets.

Reporter's Notebook

Israel told its citizens not to light bonfires on Lag b’Omer. They did it anyway.

Some people thought the bonfires were filled with spiritual significance, and others saw them as an excuse to party.

Reporter's Notebook

Fear and loathing, but mostly loathing, on the campaign trail

Reporter's Notebook

A Yom Kippur apology to France’s most famous anti-Semite

Reporter's Notebook

When GOP needs a rallying tactic, better call Saul (Alinsky)

Reporter's Notebook

Boast about ‘anti-sharia laws’ falls flat at panel on anti-Semitism

Reporter's Notebook

The Hasidic bloc vote, Bernie and Hillary’s Empire State of mind and other NY campaign notes

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