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israel
All Fall Down
The Israeli security zone in Lebanon was that kind of a place – slightly makeshift, slightly madcap, part killing field, part theater of the absurd, a place where everything goes and everything went.
L.A.’s Forgotten Victim of Arab Terrorism
Last week marked the sixth yahrzeit of Yitzhak Weinstock, a young American-Israeli who was murdered in a Palestinian Arab terrorist attack near Jerusalem. Hundreds of Jews have been murdered by Arab terrorists in Israel in the six years since the Oslo accords were signed, so perhaps it is no surprise that Yitzhak\’s name is not familiar to most Jews in Southern California.
Safe Passage?
Within days, up to 1,000 Palestinians presently barred from entering Israel will be free to travel each day on a 26-mile \”safe passage\” that links the Palestinian-controlled territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Shall We Send a Fox into the Henhouse?
We haven\’t seen such a fuss in the local newspaper in quite a while. The Los Angeles Times and the editor of this newspaper have taken up cudgels in support of — are you ready? — a man who, for the past decade, has been mixing his \”moderate\” statements on the slaughter of civilians in the Middle East with thinly disguised justifications of these bloody deeds.
Barak and the Latest American Soap Opera
America and Israel have an odd, new ritual. Israeli leaders come here to present their message.
Trouble in Paradise
Why did Jewish groups follow the Zionist Organization of America\’s lead in scuttling Salam Al-Marayati\’s appointment to a national commission on terrorism?
The Truth About the ZOA
Gene Lichtenstein\’s July 2 editorial misrepresented the positions and activities of the Zionist Organization of America.
Money & Schools
A film on the 1972 Olympic Games massacre of Israeli athletes has received an Oscar nomination for best documentary, while a Welsh film about the romance between a Jewish boy and a Welsh girl is in the running for best foreign film.
My Problem with the ZOA
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?
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