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While I readily grant that Gary Rosenblatt has a far greater awareness and knowledge of currents of thought in Israel, I found his denigration of Shimon Peres (“Looking To Future, Peres Draws A Crowd,” June 29) difficult to understand or pardon. Surely Peres has a right to stand alongside of Ben-Gurion and Dayan as the […]

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In reading Gary Rosenblatt’s column (June 29) on bestowing the Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction on Henry Kissinger, I was disgusted to read that Israeli President Shimon Peres called him “a great statesman and a great Jew.” Perhaps Mr. Peres was not aware of Kissinger’s comment to President Nixon in March 1973: “If they put […]

In some places, women who gain a few pounds lose their beauty pageant title. In Israel, only the hefty need apply for one beauty title The annual Miss Large competition took place recently in Beersheba, and Vered Fisher, center, a former member of an intelligence unit in the Israeli Army, was declared the winner. She […]

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