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Suddenly, it’s Netanyahu that needs Obama, not the other way
December 24, 2010With challenges to the Israeli PM around the corner, the White House finally has some leverage over Jerusalem. But will the administration use it? The main problem the White House faced in its attempts to renew the settlements moratorium was the lack of political leverage over Jerusalem. The administration offered Netanyahu some carrots, but it [...]
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Jerusalem Challenge Presents Against All Odds: Tonight!
December 5, 2010A Chanukah Event for Young Adults The ROI Community and Jerusalem Challenge invite you to the Channuka event, “Miracles: Against All Odds,” featuring Young Adults (20-30) from Jerusalem, Israel, and Abroad! Join us in celebration of miracles of today and miracles of our history with an exciting panel of three people with inspirational personal miracle [...]
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A Plea For Engagement: Listening for the Prophetic
December 2, 2010This is a guest post by Drew Cohen, J Street U’s staff co-organizer in Jerusalem, and in his final year of the Pardes Educators Program. “Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and those that return to her in righteousness.” — Isaiah, 1:27 Three years ago I moved to Jerusalem. I grew up as an involved [...]
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New deal on moratorium: This administration’s worst move yet?
November 14, 2010With the new deal, the US might have given up all leverage over Jerusalem for the next two years, agreed to construction in Jerusalem (and ultimately, the rest of the West Bank), and seems to get nothing in return Like that women in a townhall meeting before the midterms, I am exhausted [...]
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On Building in Jerusalem (And Out of Jerusalem)
November 12, 2010Man, this is getting dreary. One reason, as I’ve explained, that I don’t post more on the peace process is that there isn’t actually much of a peace process on which to post. But, Jerusalem. Yes, it is true that “Jerusalem,” as Jews understand the word, is not a settlement; it is the center of [...]
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Israeli Border Police Always Get Their ManDead or Alive
October 4, 2010Today, they got him dead. It seems a few poor Palestinian day laborers were making their daily trek into West Jerusalem looking for work. The only problem? Crossing from East to West Jerusalem is illegal. And the job of the Border Police is to nab these working stiffs who do nothing more than search for [...]
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Video proves: Israeli guard lied about shooting that led to East Jerusalem riots
September 28, 2010New evidence embarrasses Jerusalem’s police, already under fire for having a heavy pro-settler bias New video, aired on Israeli channel 2, might indicate that the version of the Israeli security guard for the killing which led to Silwan (East Jerusalem) riots last weekend was false. The protest in East Jerusalem lasted three days and resulted [...]
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And Jerusalem falls silent…
September 19, 2010This is the latest post from my blog, “Sacred and Insane,” about being a new, secular immigrant and journalist in Jerusalem. Please visit and read all of the previous “chapters” (yeah, I wish…). Welcome to Israel, Part 7: And Jerusalem falls silent’
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A rapist who dodged jail, or a man unjustly accused because he was Palestinian?
September 6, 2010A few weeks ago, a story about a Palestinian man convicted by an Israeli court of raping a Jewish woman made headlines around the world. Sabbar Kashur, a 30 year-old resident of East Jerusalem, was convicted not of rape by physical force, but rather of rape by deception: according to the verdict, he presented himself [...]
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22 young poles with Jewish roots visit Israel
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Jerusalem Posts Resident Israeli Arab Toady Advocates Three-State Solution
July 29, 2010Stand With Us and the inimitable Hudson Institute are currently touting this nifty piece of anti-Palestinian propaganda by the Jerusalem Post’s resident Israeli-Arab (I deliberately do not call him Palestinian) toady, Khaled Abu Toameh. It has the virtue of advocating not a one, or even two, but three-state solution: It is also a disgrace for [...]
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Sacked IDF Torturer to Direct Police Relations With East Jerusalem Arabs
July 28, 2010If anyone ever wants to know why relations between Israel and the Arabs are so incredibly messed up, you have but to examine the story I’m about to tell. It will show you that Israel’s police, military and political leader are clueless when it comes to really understanding their Arab neighbors. In fact, one could [...]
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Jerusalem Challenge Tisha B’Av LIVE Streaming
July 19, 2010And We’re LIVE!!! Streaming from the breathtaking view of the Old City on the mirpeset (balcony) of the Jerusalem Cinemateque. The panel we’re webcasting is an English Panel Discussion on the subject of Social and Personal Responsibility of The Jewish People sponsored by those folks at the Jerusalem Challenge. Come ponder responsibility, join our panel, [...]
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4 Years in Captivity
June 27, 2010Friday marked the four-year anniversary of the kidnapping/capture of Gilad Schalit by Hamas, the terrorist organization which controls the Gaza Strip. In Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post, the Schalit family, and 10,000 others marked the anniversary by embarking, this morning, on an 11-day march to Jerusalem to show solidarity with Gilad, and to call [...]