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Speaking Freely on Israel - Daily Beast Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:36:46 GMT

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 overkillHaaretz (blog)
BDS Israel Event At Brooklyn College Proceeds Despite Threats to Academic ...PolicyMic
Founder of anti-Israel BDS group calls out critics at Brooklyn College event ...New York Daily News
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Palestinian prisoners in Israel 'smuggling out sperm' - The Guardian Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:27:14 GMT

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 ...

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What If There Was No Israel Lobby - Huffington Post (blog) Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:02:48 GMT

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 ...


White House cites threat to Israel in explaining decision not to arm Syria's ... - MiamiHerald.com Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:29:43 GMT

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 anewThe Times of Israel

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US, Israel, Iran work to build better relationship - Minneapolis Star Tribune Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:15:26 GMT

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 USThe Times of Israel

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Bringing Ultra-Orthodox Traditions to Israel's Parliament, Olive Branch in Hand - New York Times Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:21:31 GMT

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 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:40:32 GMT

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 ...

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Breaking Israel's ultra-Orthodox taboo on discussing sexual abuse - Haaretz Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:51:57 GMT

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 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:30:43 GMT

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 ...


Hamas Weighs Options For Recognizing Israel - Al-Monitor Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:36:58 GMT

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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!Israel Today
Fatah, Hamas hold reconciliation talks ahead of possible peace negotiations ...NBCNews.com (blog)
Israel arrests lawmakers in raids on cities under Palestinian Authority "control"The Electronic Intifada (blog)
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