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Paradoxes characterize life in Israel

Yossi Klein Halevi May 15, 2008

To be an Israeli at the time of the state\’s 60th anniversary means to be resigned to living with insoluble emotional and political paradoxes. It means living with a growing fear of mortality, even as we celebrate our ability to outlive every threat. We are almost certainly the only nation that marks its Independence Day with an annual poll that invariably includes the question: \”Do you believe the country will still exist 50 years from now?\”

The other refugees

David Suissa April 24, 2008

Is there a more loaded word in the Arab-Israeli conflict than \”refugee\”

Briefs: Some West Bank settlers would agree to leave, Israel OKs Palestinian police stations

Jewish Journal April 24, 2008

Approximately one in five Israelis living east of the West Bank security fence would leave if offered government support, a poll found. According to an internal government study, whose results were leaked Tuesday to Yediot Achronot, approximately 15,000 of the 70,000 settlers whose communities are not taken in by the fence would accept voluntary relocation packages.

U.S., Israeli officials see conflicting Iraq study ideas

Ron Kampeas, JTA December 14, 2006

Bush launched a weeklong review of the Iraq Study Group\’s recommendations on Monday, starting with meetings with top State Department officials. Later in the week he was to have met with outside experts, top U.S. diplomats in the region and top military brass.

Abbas’ Move Challenges Olmert

Leslie Susser June 1, 2006

The key to whether the Saudi plan becomes a serious option — even if adopted by the Palestinians — lies in Washington. The American goal remains a negotiated two-state solution based on Bush\’s \”vision\” that he outlined in June 2002.

Letters

Jewish Journal August 18, 2005

Letters to the Editor

Grim Faces, Tense Words at Summit

Ron Kampeas, JTA April 14, 2005

The meeting Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush at Bush\’s vast Texas ranch was to have affirmed the special U.S.-Israel relationship and paved the way forward in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process — a triumphant summit between two friends, farmers and statesmen.

One Tough Room

Wildman Weiner August 12, 2004

As a Los Angeles Unified School District teacher of world issues for seniors in Los Angeles, I began yesterday\’s class by playing a taped interview of Michael Moore talking about his movie, \”Fahrenheit 9/11.\” I had suggested that the class go see the film, so we could discuss it.

U.S. Jewish Leaders Face Risky Situaton

James D. Besser May 29, 2003

As a new round of Mideast peacemaking begins, U.S. Jewish leaders are putting themselves on the line for a government in Jerusalem, whose real intentions are more impenetrable than ever.

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