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Israel

Poll: We Like Barak

Matthew Dorf July 15, 1999

American Jews have a favorable view of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak by a 30-1 margin, according to a poll released this week by the Israel Policy Forum.

Barak’s Threatened Promises

Julie Wiener July 8, 1999

Reform and Conservative leaders — who have been lobbying for years to have their rabbis, institutions and practices recognized in the Jewish state — do not expect the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak to usher in an era of change.

Polls Apart

Jewish Journal July 8, 1999

You\’ve probably heard about that recent poll of American Jewish opinion, the one that told us American Jews consider anti-Semitism a greater threat to Jewish life than intermarriage. It\’s caused quite a stir.

The Temperature’s Rising

Naomi Segal July 1, 1999

The attacks marked the heaviest cross-border violence since a cease-fire in 1996 ended with Operation Grapes of Wrath, Israel\’s 16-day campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah.

Israel’s Answer to Littleton

Larry Derfner July 1, 1999

There was a time when news of the high school massacre in Littleton, Colo., would have struck Israelis as incomprehensible, evidence of some strange, alien disease floating around America, to which Israel was certainly immune.

Not anymore.

My Problem with the ZOA

Jewish Journal July 1, 1999

According to the ZOA, Al-Marayati\’s appointment is tantamount to naming white supremacist David Duke to a civil rights task force. \”We don\’t want anyone on this group who condones terrorism and praises terrorist groups as Al-Marayati and his top leaders have done,\” said Morton A. Klein, president of the ZOA, in Philadelphia. Who could argue with that?

Unlikely Bedfellows

David Landau June 24, 1999

As the deadline draws ever closer for Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak to present his government for Knesset approval, his coalition negotiations are taking some surprising turns.

Discovering Zion

Wendy J. Madnick May 13, 1999

State Sen. Richard Alarcon, along with state Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa and 16 other guests of the Anti-Defamation League, spent the week of April 24-30 touring Israel.

Unprecedented Election Choices

David Landau May 13, 1999

While Israel reformed its formerly British-based system to allow for the direct election of the prime minister for the first time in the 1996 elections, it has still retained much of the British doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.

The Way We Live Now

Jewish Journal May 13, 1999

In short, the cross cutting conflicts between different Israeli interest groups resembles nothing so much as a slightly out of focus version of American politics, complete with campaign managers from the U.S.

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