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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Israel election: What Netanyahu’s victory means
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." That Churchillian one-liner summarizes the glorious chaos that is Israeli politics.
In the one...
Israel and the Gaza strip: Why economic sanctions are not collective punishment
Executive Summary
The economic measures that Israel uses against the Hamas proto-government in Gaza fall under legitimate uses of economic sanctions, and conform to the requirements set forth in Article 50 of the 1899 Hague...
Ask Hamas? Palestinian Group’s Twitter Campaign To Challenge ‘Terror’ Label Backfires
Hamas launched a one-week social media campaign Thursday to improve its image and refute its designation as a terror organization. But the effort hit a stumbling block on its first day when the Gaza-based...
The Neglected Issue of the Israeli electoral campaign: maps proximity of the missiles of...
In 1988, when foreign press in Israel had less staff than they do today, our agency covered the Israeli elections for the New York Times, Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, with a staff of five...
Senate Committee Launches Investigation into Obama Effort to Oust Netanyahu
According to a FOX News report, a powerful U.S. Senate investigatory committee has launched a bipartisan probe into an American nonprofit’s funding of efforts to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Obama...
Hamas Owns Netanyahu Electoral Destiny
Gaza,(Alresalah.ps)— Keeping the Israeli public in the dark in relation to losses and casualties of the Israeli army in the last Israeli offensive on Gaza, chairman of Israeli Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu is almost...
Israeli speaker highlights fear in border city Sderot
If you were given 15 seconds to seek shelter from an approaching rocket, what would you do?
For Israelis living in Sderot, a city near the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip, this question is not a hypothetical...
Time to Reconsider U.S. Support of UNRWA
Abstract
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established more than 60 years ago as a temporary initiative to address the needs of Palestinian refugees and...
Controversial ‘New Israel Fund’ Received More Than $1 Million From US State Department
The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization – known as SHATIL – have received more than $1 million from the State Department under a program designed to create...
Grapevine: Riskin remembers marching with MLK Jr.
It’s always good to have people around who either participated in historical events, or who know people that did so and are willing to share the information. David Bedein, founder and director of the...
