Daily Beast | Speaking Freely on Israel Daily Beast Just as a stunning new documentary began to crack the seal of self-censorship by New York Jewish critics of Israel, city politicians made a ham-fisted effort to shut down a Palestinian forum at Brooklyn College. The Gatekeepers. Ami Ayalon in 2012 ... The Brooklyn College BDS debacle highlights the perils of pro-Israeli overkill BDS Israel Event At Brooklyn College Proceeds Despite Threats to Academic ... Founder of anti-Israel BDS group calls out critics at Brooklyn College event ... |
The Guardian | Palestinian prisoners in Israel 'smuggling out sperm' The Guardian Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are smuggling out sperm in order to impregnate their wives, a fertility doctor has said, claiming that the wife of a prisoner serving 32 life sentences gave birth to a boy last August and four other prisoners ... |
What If There Was No Israel Lobby Huffington Post (blog) Upon his election as prime minister in 1992, Yitzhak Rabin told the main component of the lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), that Israel would be better off without it and that it did more harm than good. He wanted AIPAC out ... |
MiamiHerald.com | White House cites threat to Israel in explaining decision not to arm Syria's ... MiamiHerald.com In his remarks, Press Secretary Jay Carney specifically mentioned danger to “our ally Israel” as one of the reasons President Barack Obama rejected providing lethal aid to rebels fighting to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. “We don't ... Kerry says US weighing Syria options anew |
Minneapolis Star Tribune | US, Israel, Iran work to build better relationship Minneapolis Star Tribune After 33 years of wild accusations, hostile attitudes, belligerent posturing, terrorism and war planning, relations between the United States and Israel vs. their nemesis Iran, have, perhaps, reached a turning point. Maybe a catastrophic war of ... Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with US |
New York Times | Bringing Ultra-Orthodox Traditions to Israel's Parliament, Olive Branch in Hand New York Times Dov Lipman's introduction to the conundrum of the ultra-Orthodox in modern Israel began more than two decades ago, when he was a 19-year-old American student in a Jerusalem yeshiva. It was during the gulf war, with Scud missiles threatening Tel Aviv ... |
Prospects for Israel/Turkey Relations Huffington Post Contrary to what common interests might otherwise suggest, the upheaval in Syria has not altered the Turkish government's view of Israel. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's recent assertion that Israel was operating like a "terrorist state" when it ... |
Haaretz | Breaking Israel's ultra-Orthodox taboo on discussing sexual abuse Haaretz Recent incidents highlight the increasing awareness in Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of the danger of sexual abuse and the necessity of finding communally acceptable ways to address it. By Yair Ettinger and Nir Hasson | Feb.08, 2013 | 9:58 ... |
Harvard and the Israel Debate Huffington Post The day after I handed in my final final exam of the semester, I decided to follow up on a story that a friend had spoken about at Harvard. My friend is a member of the PJA, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, and had recently planned to co-sponsor an ... |
Arutz Sheva | Hamas Weighs Options For Recognizing Israel Al-Monitor Recently, a lot has been said — and a lot of denials have been issued — about Hamas recognizing a two-state solution. It appears that Hamas is still vacillating between explicitly and implicitly recognizing Israel. Hamas realizes that recognizing ... Get it straight: Hamas does NOT accept Israel! Fatah, Hamas hold reconciliation talks ahead of possible peace negotiations ... Israel arrests lawmakers in raids on cities under Palestinian Authority "control" |