After Baratz, 4 famous Israeli ‘burns’ of US officials
Ran Baratz’s trash-talking of the U.S. president and secretary of state are something of an Israeli tradition. More ▸
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Dutch ministry says not responsible for ‘anti-Israel’ textbook
The ministry’s statement on the book followed complaints by Jewish students and parents over the description in the book of Israel’s establishment as the result of widespread murder of Palestinian villagers. More ▸
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Israeli embassy slams ‘outrageous’ Dutch textbook
A Dutch history book for vocational high schools omits Arab atrocities against Jews and describes Israel’s establishment as result of widespread murder of Palestinians. More ▸
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India’s ‘overthrow’ moment
By Ben SalesFor a parallel to the party change that just took place in India’a national elections, observers of the world’s largest democracy could look to Israel. More ▸
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Hebron settlers’ spokesman: Bibi may suffer a fate worse than Sharon
An article published by The Jewish Press and Arutz Sheva argues that Ariel Sharon’s coma is punishment for his Gaza withdrawal. More ▸
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CIA declassifies Camp David Accords intelligence
The Central Intelligence Agency declassified documents dealing with the Camp David Accords. More ▸
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Begin remembered in Belarus hometown
Some 200 people attended a ceremony marking the 100th birthday of the late Israeli premier Menachem Begin in his hometown in Brest, Belarus.
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Peres, the optimist
Thirteen years after the two faced off in a heated race for prime minister, Shimon Peres is still an optimist and Benjamin Netanahu is still a skeptic, but now the two are partners. More ▸
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Peres, the optimist
As I sat in the press area at a luncheon Wednesday to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres, the Israeli prime minister’s race of 1996 seemed like a long time ago. Back in ’96, Peres, the prime minister and leader of the Labor Party, commanded a strong lead over Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, and at first… More ▸
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With New Center in His Name, How Will Begin Be Remembered?
Menachem Begin made his way from a gangly, bespectacled leader of the right-wing Jewish underground to the silver-tongued prime minister who made peace with Egypt, only to spend his final years a recluse, mourning the deaths of his wife and the soldiers he sent to Lebanon. Fourteen years after thousands choked the streets of Jerusalem… More ▸
