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us-israel relations
The politics of fear threatens Israel from without and within
Jewish Journal
February 26, 2015
There was something surreal about visiting Israel last week. I had come to learn about Israel’s independent sector, and it was inspiring to see how nonprofits were taking up the task of shaping Israel’s future, regardless of who forms the next government.
Note to Netanyahu: Stop destroying the US-Israel relationship
Jewish Journal
February 26, 2015
By now it is clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s disastrously-timed speech to Congress has seriously damaged the US-Israel relationship – but the danger is that he has embarked on a course that will make that damage much worse and perhaps permanent.
Beneath the ‘chickenshit,’ political and diplomatic uncertainty fuel U.S.-Israel divide
Jewish Journal
November 3, 2014
The coarseness of the epithet for cowardice used by an anonymous Obama administration official to describe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seized the attention of Jerusalem and Washington.
U.S. officials: No change in procedure for arming Israel
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2014
U.S. officials denied reports of a change in the procedure through which their government supplies arms to Israel.
Netanyahu asks U.S. congressmen to protect Israel from war crimes charges
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked U.S. lawmakers to help Israel avoid war crimes charges stemming from the Gaza conflict.
Conference examines future of U.S.-Israel relations
Shmuel Rosner
June 27, 2012
I’ve just finished moderating two panels at the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. I’ve just finished talking to dozens of the people attending and finished listening to other people’s panels. I’m tired and have a headache, and I am still trying to figure out a theme coming out of the conference.
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