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The Idan Raichel Project: music for a splintered Israel

In our brief talk, as well as in his other interviews, there is no sign of an apology for where he’s from, no liberal guilt.
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What Rabin’s legacy means for the likes of Netanyahu and Obama

Beyond his status as a cipher, what is left of Rabin?
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Netanyahu: busy deflecting the Goldstone Report with Iran

“How dare they equate us to Hamas, an internationally recognized terrorist group? We’re the most moral army in the world!"
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MASA, Netanyahu and Israeli ambivalence toward peace

The biggest danger: marrying a non-Jew. Fear the shiksa, if you will.
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Netanyahu’s speech: a tepid answer to Obama

If indeed Netanyahu seeks to start these negotiations, his way of bringing his counterparts to the table is through shaming them.
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Fear and loathing in Israel: the Nakba Bill and more

The MK proposing the outlawing of public denial cited the case of Azmi Bishara...which is as bad as saying all Jews should be held in great suspicion because of Bernard Madoff.
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Obama meets and greets Netanyahu

...And? So? Or as they say here, nu?
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Israel’s Troika: Barak is no Barack

Barak forges on, eager to present himself as both a cohesive part of the troika and its most peace-minded member.
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Charlotte Roche’s Wetlands: a review

Please note that in keeping with the subject matter, this review contains graphic language
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The “joy” of flying El Al

They asked him if he was going to join the army, if I was going to join the army, which side he was on, and if, “your brother is Jewish, he works in Israel, do you see any connection?”
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