QUOTE OF THE DAY

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to reporters in Prague: “Obviously, nothing would be better than to see this issue resolved diplomatically. But I have seen…

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COMMENT & OPINION

21/05/2012

Ynet: ‘Hamas wants calm in Gaza’, by Ron Ben Yishai

“The days of the Messiah have not yet arrived. The Hamas movement constantly states that it has not renounced the “liberation of occupied land via…

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18/05/2012

The Wall Street Journal: Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran, by Meir Dagan, August Hanning, James Woolsey, Charles Guthrie, Kristen Silverberg and Mark Wallace

“As the Iranian regime races to fulfill its nuclear ambitions, the world faces a stark choice. Our near future carries the risk of a military…

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17/05/2012

World Affairs Journal: BBC Hard Talk and the ‘Israel lobby’, by Alan Johnson

In this World Affairs blog Alan Johnson discusses the appearance of anti-Zionist Norman Finkelstein on BBC Hard Talk and the controversial use of the term ‘Jewish lobby’ during the programme.

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Bloomberg: ‘In Iran Nuke Talks, Ehud Barak Is the Man to Watch’, by Jeffrey Goldberg

“Obama has studied Barak and Netanyahu carefully. He’s fully aware that Barak was Netanyahu’s commander in the Israeli army, and he understands that Netanyahu often…

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16/05/2012

Jerusalem Post: ‘Nakba and freedom’

“Israel’s vibrant – though embattled – democracy was on display Monday at Tel Aviv University in all its glory. Dozens of students – Palestinian and…

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