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Enemy or Friend?

Larry Derfner November 15, 2001

Israel\’s 1 million Arab citizens have been going through a process of radicalization for the last generation, but since the Al Aqsa Intifada broke out nearly 14 months ago, that process has taken a bitter leap forward. Days after the intifada began and rioting Palestinians were shot to death by Israeli troops, Arabs across the Galilee also rioted, and 13 were killed by police. In a few cases since then, Arab citizens of Israel — nearly all Islamic fundamentalists — have been involved in terror attacks.

Why I’m Leaving the Dialogue

Rabbi John L. Rosove October 25, 2001

I believe in dialogue. That is why I have participated in the Muslim-Jewish Dialogue of Los Angeles for close to two years. I entered the dialogue because I know that ignorance of each other\’s faiths, legal traditions, histories, cultural and psychological perceptions can lead to destructive stereotyping and mistrust. Through honest discussions, we Jews and our Muslim partners can understand each other better, which is the central purpose of the dialogue, namely fostering mutual respect while exploring and accepting our differences.

Diplomatic Train Wreck

James D. Besser October 25, 2001

Israeli officials were stunned by Monday\’s stern State Department rebuke over Israel\’s stepped-up military effort against the Palestinian Authority. And the fact they were surprised hints of deeper trouble to come along the U.S.-Israel axis.

Mea Culpas

Amy Klein August 23, 2001

Even for a journalist who tries to keep an open mind, it\’s hard to watch the world media equate the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis as a level playing field, tit for tat. They bomb, we retaliate; a war between equals, or worse, a war between unequals with Israel as the aggressor and the Palestinians as the victims.

As someone who has believed in the peace process for longer than the seven years I lived in Israel, it was hard to watch it crumble like a house of cards, and it\’s even harder to believe that it might really be over.

Now It’s Jewish Terrorists

Larry Derfner July 26, 2001

The settler movement is in serious denial over last week\’s killings of three Palestinians, including 3-month-old Dia Tmeizi. While all settlers publicly condemn the killings, even the most \”mainstream\” don\’t see any connection between the nighttime ambush near Hebron and the incessant cries for \”revenge\” by settlers at funerals, demonstrations and elsewhere.

Peacekeeping Conundrum

James D. Besser July 26, 2001

Speculation about a possible observer force in Gaza and the West Bank reached a fever pitch this week, thanks to proposals by the G-8 and the European Union, and a confused response from a U.S. administration that is foundering in the whirlpool of Mideast politics.

Together

Rob Eshman July 19, 2001

Let us now praise Jewish disunity.

The Way We Live Now

Marty Karp June 28, 2001

My wife Susan and I moved to Israel in 1983, a time when, for all intents and purposes, it was considered a pariah nation. In fact, not long before we arrived, the United Nations had declared Zionism to be a form of racism.

Caught Red-Handed

Larry Derfner June 28, 2001

Israel has arrested two more Palestinians it said were involved in the brutal lynching of two Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian mob in October, bringing the total arrests up to 15.

The front-page photos in the Hebrew dailies couldn\’t have told the story more graphically: There was Abed al-Aziz Tzalha, 20, grinning in triumph, raising his bloody hands to the lynch mob in Ramallah. and there he was again, raising his handcuffed hands on command for the camera, expressionless, now in the custody of the Shin Bet.

Heeding a Tenuous Cease-Fire

Eric Silver June 7, 2001

The suicide bombing last Friday night that killed 20 young Israelis outside a beach-front disco in Tel Aviv trans-formed Israel\’s international image from bully boy to victim.

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