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How can we resist this brilliant dispatch from The Onion? Top-ranking government officials in Jerusalem confirmed Tuesday that Israel would exercise its longstanding, constitutionally granted veto power over American policy if U.S. lawmakers confirmed retired congressman Chuck Hagel as the United States’ next Secretary of Defense. “In light of Mr. Hagel’s worrying remarks on Israeli-Palestinian […]

Elections took a backseat in the Israeli news cycle this week, as rain and snow pounded the country’s center, flooding streets, highways, railways and malls. But there was one election story that got Israelis excited: campaign ads. That’s right. In Israel, two weeks before the election, campaign ads are exciting. Unlike the typical U.S. campaign, […]