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As peace talks kick off, right wing intensifies efforts to influence their outcome
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2013
Israeli settler leader Dani Dayan has made it his mission over the years to warn members of Congress, particularly Republicans, of the perils of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Political realities may doom Olmert’s peace push
Leslie Susser
September 3, 2008
Although the Palestinians say wide gaps remain, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert reportedly agreed in talks Sunday to make every effort to wrap up a full-fledged peace agreement by the end of the year. But both sides are skeptical.
Demonization — or peace talks?
Arthur Cohn
April 17, 2008
Throughout Jewish history, it has been necessary, time and again, to fight prejudice and false accusations. To mention just one notorious example, there is the blood libel of Pesach, which accuses the Jews of using the blood of Christian children for the baking of matzot — a blood libel that is again being disseminated, in our days, in Arab countries and even in Russia.
It’s time to act on Saudis’ support of terror
Neal Sher
December 21, 2007
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was stunned at the hostile reception he received during a recent visit to London. It seems our British friends are much more attuned than we are to the nefarious role the Saudis continue to play in financing and fomenting terror.
Chanukah — the pink elephant of Annapolis
Judea Pearl
December 21, 2007
I spent the last week of November in Israel and watched the Annapolis show unfold through the lens of Israeli TV. As expected, everyone in Israel watched that show with both nervous curiosity and cynical dismissal.
But the event that truly captured the public imagination and managed to elevate people\’s spirit above the mundane was one that occurred 200 miles away from Annapolis, in a place called Lake Success, and it took place 60 years ago, Nov. 29, 1947.
New summit produces nothing new — as usual
Mona Eltahawy
December 7, 2007
Being in the region — I was in Cairo at the beginning of November, and I\’m writing this from Tel Aviv — it\’s easy to see why Annapolis produced nothing new: Both Arab and Israeli politics have failed to produce anything new for years now.
Annapolis is over — now it’s bargaining time
Leslie Susser
December 7, 2007
After the pomp and circumstance of Annapolis, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are gearing up for tough bargaining over the minutiae of a two-state settlement.
Not only will they have to agree on core issues like borders between Israel and a Palestinian state, but they\’ll also have to find common ground on a host of lesser concerns regulating relations between the two states, ranging from shared sewage systems to allocations on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Briefs: Court nixes Neuwirth suit, Pearl family menorah at White House
Jewish Journal
December 7, 2007
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