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Fighting Jewish colonization of East Jerusalem
March 26, 2010JERUSALEM – Around 300 people gathered in an unusually cold and rainy afternoon today for the weekly protest in Sheikh Jarrah, the Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem which is the recent target of Jewish colonization. Four Arab families in Sheikh Jarrah have been already evicted to the street with settlers moving to their homes. This week [...]
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Just a Few Days Left to Save Passover and Screw the BDS Movement
March 26, 2010Last chance to help out! Thanks to your help, we’ve already bought and distributed 34 cartons of Matzah (5 boxes per carton) and 2 cases of wine to needy families in central Jerusalem. Since last year I’ve learned to be a lot more sneaky so as to make sure that none of the families involved [...]
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Netanyahu Does Washington
March 24, 2010Bibi and Obama met in the White House’s Oval Office on Tuesday for about an hour and a half. Slightly before the meeting took off, reports surfaced of another controversial construction project approved in east Jerusalem, this time in Sheikh Jarrah. Netanyahu entered the meeting without being aware of the new building permit ‘
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Slanting The News To Fit
March 23, 2010How many readers of The New York Times know about the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995? This law, calling for the relocation of the United States Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, asserted that Jerusalem was to remain an undivided city and official capital of the state of Israel. It was adopted by the Senate [...]
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Biden’s Embarrassment and Hillary’s Rage: Part of a Staged Effort to Push Israel Away?
March 18, 2010Is it just me, or does anyone else think last week’s drama surrounding Vice President Joe Biden’s supposed “embarrassment” and Hillary Clinton’s rage over an Israeli decision to build 1600 apartments in East Jerusalem seems manufactured? I have struggled mightily and sincerely to keep an open mind, and my respect for the Presidency–as well as [...]
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Obama is Responsible for the Crisis in Jerusalem
March 17, 2010Yossi Klein Halevi on the new turmoil in his city: Why, then, the outbreak of violence now? Why Hamas’s “day of rage” over Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority’s call to gather on the Temple Mount to “save” the Dome of the Rock from non-existent plans to build the Third Temple? Why the sudden outrage over [...]
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Playing with Fire
March 15, 2010As I continue not to blog on the Middle East (I’m like the guy on Yom Kippur who defines fasting as not eating between breakfast and lunch), I just wanted to take note of this report from Ha’aretz, which suggests that the Biden/Hillary/Steinberg/Axelrod never-ending reprimanding of Israel will not serve to calm tensions in Jerusalem:Even [...]
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An Official Response to Goldstone
March 15, 2010It’s about time, no? The Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, (the “Malam”), headed by Colonel (Res). Reuven Erlich, has released a 500 page report refuting the Goldstone Report. In a summary published in the Jerusalem Post, the report is described to mostly focus on Hamas’ activities during Operation Cast Lead, including its use of [...]
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This time, Israel did it to itself
March 10, 2010Let’s review: US Vice President treats Israeli PM like dirt after Israeli government announces 1600 new residential units in east Jerusalem during his visit to begin long-postponed peace talks. UN’s Ban releases statement that any Israeli construction in east Jerusalem is illegal according to international law in response to Israel’s untimely announcement. The EU parliament [...]
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Neturei Karta burn Israeli flags in Jerusalem
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The Politics of Archaeology Unearthed
February 23, 2010This just in from AP: An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era. If the age of the wall is correct, the finding would be an indication that Jerusalem was home to a [...]
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Rare One-Time Interview!
February 22, 2010One Jerusalem: Thank you for this interview Lord, we know that you are quite busy these days. El: It is my pleasure Man. I am here for you’
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Latest on Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem reveals Muslim Clerics Approved Plans for Muslim Center Over Cemetery
February 17, 2010The Jerusalem Post reports that a 1945 article from its archives indicates that the site over which the Simon Wiesenthal Center is seeking to build its Museum of Tolerance was slated to become an Islamic commercial and administrative center. The report states, ‘
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Simcha For Every Event
February 4, 2010I came across the inspiring story about Rami Treistman, a 17 year old Israeli boy studying at Boys Town Jerusalem, with a tough childhood who is making people happy through his Simcha Band business. While many of his classmates spent their summer vacations relaxing at the beach, senior Boys Town Jerusalem student [...]
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Links for 2010-01-30 [Digg]
January 31, 2010Archaeology in Jerusalem Digging Up Trouble Archaeology in Jerusalem: Digging Up Trouble