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  • Downcast in Jericho, then and now

    September 30, 2013 3:44pm

    After 20 years of Palestinian rule, residents of Jericho remain frustrated with their situation, but even back in 1993, there was a mood of pessimism in the city.

  • Ben-Ami throws down gauntlet (to Bibi?): Time to talk two-state tachlis

    September 29, 2013 7:30am

    J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami says it’s time to get specific on what a two-state solution entails.

  • J Street opening night: Dror Moreh, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Tzipi Livni and John Lewis

    September 28, 2013 11:28pm

    J Street, the dovish Israel policy group, kicked off its fourth national conference.

  • Bibi’s video message on Iran: ‘We will not be fooled by half measures’

    September 24, 2013 4:54pm

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw down the gauntlet on Iran in a video message for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly.

  • The Obama-Rouhani handshake that wasn’t

    September 24, 2013 4:43pm

    It looks like President Obama and newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won’t be shaking hands after all.

  • Oslo at 20: Discord over the accord

    September 23, 2013 3:07pm

    As pundits debate the Oslo Accord on its 20th anniversary, JTA’s 1993 news coverage reminds us that there was discord over the agreement from the beginning.

  • On Hagel, RJC attacks, NJDC’s mum and J Street defends

    December 17, 2012 10:40pm

    During election season, there wasn’t much accord between the Republican Jewish Coalition and the National Jewish Democratic Council. But here’s one area on which the two partisan groups have historically concurred: They haven’t been too keen on Chuck Hagel. With Hagel now being discussed as the leading contender for defense secretary, the RJC is saying…

  • White House’s Jacob Lew notes Y.U. sex abuse allegations

    December 17, 2012 3:57pm

    Jacob Lew, the White House chief of staff, discussed allegations of past sexual abuse at Yeshiva University’s affiliated high school at the university’s annual Chanukah convocation.

  • Susan Rice won’t be sec’y of state, though Wexler says she’s kosher on Israel

    December 13, 2012 11:27pm

    Susan Rice just removed herself from consideration to be the next secretary of state. That’s why the timing of a Politico Op-Ed from Robert Wexler vouching for her pro-Israel credentials was sort of odd. [[READMORE]] Wexler, a former Florida congressman, was arguably President Obama’s lead Jewish surrogate during the election. The former Florida congressman even…

  • Joe Lieberman says farewell to Senate

    December 13, 2012 4:40pm

    Sen. Joseph Lieberman gave his farewell speech yesterday. He is retiring after 24 years in the Senate. Others who paid tribute to the retiring Connecticut senator yesterday included Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader; Susan Collins (R-Me.); Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.). Hat tip: Gestetner Updates