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Tzipi Livni wins Kadima contest — now the real work begins

With her decisive win in the Kadima party primary, Tzipi Livni now must assemble a coalition government so she can become prime minister. Then all she\’ll have to do is deal with all of Israel\’s regional threats.

U.S. Jews Laud Withdrawal Vote

American Jewish organizations rushed Tuesday afternoon to express support for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s Gaza withdrawal plan.

Kerry Offers Hope for Israel

Many American Jews and Israeli Americans seem impressed by George W. Bush\’s putative support for Israel.

Is Bush Good for Israel?

Last October, when Israeli air force jets struck a Palestinian terrorist training camp outside Damascus in response to a deadly suicide bombing at a Haifa restaurant, there was some anticipation that Washington might rebuke its Jewish ally.

Shrinking Confidence

The public bloodletting that the Labor Party presented to the Israeli public this week has exposed the depth of disarray and confusion on the Israeli left following Prime Minister Ehud Barak\’s massive defeat at the polls.

Big Time Defeat

The night George McGovern got trounced by Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential race, Barry Goldwater, whom Lyndon Johnson had clobbered eight years earlier, called to commiserate. "George," said Goldwater, "if you have to lose, lose big."

An Anatomy of Failure

When Israeli voters go to the polls next week to elect a prime minister, Ehud Barak will be consigned to political history, and Ariel Sharon will move into the newly vacated post.

Am I Really Going to Vote for Ariel Sharon?

Not happily, not comfortably, but in a word, yes, I am going to vote for Sharon. I know about Sabra and Shatila, but Ehud Barak has so completely betrayed the hopeful vote I cast for him in 1999 that by now even most of my ambivalence is gone, replaced by an urgency to oust Barak and his band of professional delusionaries.

Since the Partition

Fifty years ago this week, on Nov. 29, 1947, the General Assembly ofthe United Nations voted to partition British-held Palestine into aJewish state, an Arab state, and a corpus separatum, comprisingJerusalem and Bethlehem, to remain under the control of the UnitedNations.

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