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File: A general view of a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Modiin Illit, taken March 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
February 9, 2017, 9:24 am
As Trump era begins, what does Israel actually want in the West Bank?
The settlements grow apace, peace remains stalled and Israel’s intentions seem a genuine mystery in Western capitals. Yet the question has a surprisingly simple answer, one which hasn’t changed since 1948
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen (screen capture: YouTube)
September 6, 2016, 1:27 pm
Rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen, ‘scholar and warrior,’ dies at 88
Former Haifa chief rabbi, the son of a famed ascetic, was a POW, vegetarian and interfaith activist; ‘In his life he combined the book and the sword,’ Netanyahu says
By David Sedley
Israel Police hold back right-wing Jewish activists of the 'Temple Mount Faithful' movement outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 10, 2016. (Corina Kern/Flash90)
April 28, 2016, 2:04 pm
As support widens for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, should we fear apocalyptic consequences?
With almost daily disturbances at the most contested and incendiary of holy sites, and with an increasing number of religious Zionists yearning for a Third Temple, Israeli activists walk a fine line between peaceful protest and provocation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Shaul Magid
May 24, 2012, 5:44 pm
Shaul Magid
What if the left abandoned Israel?
What kind of country would Israel become without the Gideon Levys, Akiva Eldars, Leonard Fines, Jacob Arnold Wolfs, Dror Etkeses, David Shulmans, Shaul Arielis, and Peter Beinarts?
Shaul Magid
May 11, 2012, 2:16 pm
Shaul Magid
Peace partners? A question for the ‘pragmatic’ right
Claims that “there is no partner for peace” and “only the right can bring peace” may have been true in their time, but today they’ve lost their validity; so what’s holding Israel’s right back from pursuing the two-state solution it ostensibly embraces?
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