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Raul don’t Rumba
In 1961, about 500 Jewish Cubans secretly left their island and flew to Israel on three planes to start new lives in the Jewish homeland. Once the Jews disembarked, the planes were serviced, cleaned...
View ArticleAttack will be seen in messianic terms
I published this post Friday morning, and its now Sunday night – strange the tone and style of the responses I’ve been getting to this piece [all the comments were emailed to my Jpost account as the...
View ArticleDC through Jerusalem, Tehran via Damascus
Syria’s Bashar Assad, derided as the son even his own father didn’t want to succeed him, is turning out to share many of Hafez’s wily and cautious traits. Despite a series of recent blows to his...
View ArticleFor Democracy, press SEND
UPDATE: Nir Barkat wins Jerusalem Once again the Israeli municipal elections have produced a very low turnout. Only 55% of eligible voters cast their ballots. That’s lower than in previous years, and...
View ArticleAll highly un-Orthodox
So what set off the latest Haredi riots in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh? This time it wasn’t immodest dress by little religious girls. It wasn’t even the threat to open a Jerusalem parking lot on...
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Kosher frogs’ legs, or Israeli diplomacy
Recently, every time Israel has come under withering international approbation – usually for its settlement activity or rounds of retaliation against terrorists – the government reverts to the...
View ArticleWhat Netanyahu talks about when he talks about a Palestinian state
Does Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a vision for the Palestinian issue? Does he know what he wants? I don’t believe people who say that he doesn’t. For instance, in an oped today in Haaretz,...
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The battle over Israel’s brand narrative
The battle over Israel’s brand narrative You might call it 3 narratives for 1 peoples, or 3 states of brand. There are three distinct yet interlinked narratives of Israel: The Start-Up Nation The...
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