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August 4, 2008

A piece in the South African Times defends Israel against charges of apartheid, described in a July 27 article in the paper. Meanwhile, the History News Network offers an analysis of why Israel is so unpopular in the world: How could this have happened to a country that is the Middle East’s only thriving democracy […]

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First the al-Dura affair, now a to-do about the firing of a French columnist for his purported anti-Semitic rantings. The French media has been filled with self-examination this summer, much of it related to Jewish affairs. In the al-Dura affair, the French press questioned its role after a court ruled in favor of a media […]

The buzz is intensifying about John McCain’s consideration of Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the only Jewish Republican in the House, as a possible running mate. After we blogged about this last week, McCain asked Cantor to submit his personal documents (see JTA’s news item here). This week, the U.K. Telegraph takes a closer look at […]

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