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Yitzhak Rabin

Give Bibi a Chance

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Netanyahu Peace Talks, Yitzhak Rabin, Middle East Conflict, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, World News
Menachem Rosensaft

As a longtime supporter of the Israeli peace movement, I believe that it would behoove everyone to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some breathing space.

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Why Jews Overwhelmingly Support Obama

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Yitzhak Rabin, J Street, Rush Limbaugh, Jewish, Sarah Palin, Benjamin Netanyahu, National Jewish Democratic Council, Israel, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Jewish Voters, John Kyl, Obama Smears, Politics News
Marc R. Stanley

The latest poll of the Jewish community shows that American Jews continue to support Obama. However, a few activists on the far right of the Jewish community still refuse to accept this reality.

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Gaza, Morality, and the Jews

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Morality, Yitzhak Rabin, J Street, Israel, Gaza, Jewish, World News
Jeremy Ben-Ami

I remain deeply committed to working for the day when the two sides, the two peoples, recognize that their only future is to live in two independent states side by side in peace and security.

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Courage Needed

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yitzhak Rabin, Gaza, Middle East, Prime Minister Candidates, Hezbollah, Israel, Israel Gaza, Democracy Hammas, Peace, Israel Prime Minister, World News
Shunit Harpaz

A courageous leader would spark the enthusiasm towards peace. The Israelis are in a down spiral, but with the right leadership they could bounce back hungry for peace as ever before.

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Israel's "Auschwitz Borders" Revisited

Ali Abunimah | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, Auschwitz, Abba Eban, Nonviolence, Lessons of the Holocaust, Gaza, Bbc, Shoah, World News
Ali Abunimah

Gazans are resisting, and not primarily through armed struggle. The campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions is underway.

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Rabin's Absence Has Left a Major Question Unanswered

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Palestine, Yitzhak Rabin, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Israel, Israel Palestine, Home News
Daoud Kuttab

Israel has reverted to the useless tactic of denigrating legitimate Palestinian leaders and denying the right of self-determination to the people living under its military siege, especially in Gaza.

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Time For Hannity and Friends to Take a Xanax

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Mark Levin, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Terrorism, Barack Obama Reverend Wright, Hugh Hewitt, Jewish Culture, Yitzhak Rabin Assassination, Yigal Amir, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Talk Radio, Yitzhak Rabin, Conservatives, Dennis Prager, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Conservative Talk Radio, Michael Savage, Fox News, Hate Speech, John McCain Sean Hannity, Israel, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Larry Gellman

It's over. The American people have spoken. If this election was a basketball game, it would be time to clear the benches and let the subs play out the clock.

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A New Low: McCain Camp Condones Violent Threats Against Obama

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Yitzhak Rabin, John McCain, Intolerance, John McCain 2008, Violence, Yitzhak Rabin Assassination, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ray Lahood, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

John McCain's campaign is defending these kinds of outbursts, saying those like Barack Obama who are bothered "just doesn't understand regular people."

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Yitzhak Rabin and Barack Obama

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sara Palin, John McCain, Yitzhak Rabin, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Politics News
Daniel Lubetzky

Neither McCain nor Palin have actually advocated or said that Obama himself is a "terrorist," but they and their campaign have certainly engaged in smear campaigns creating enough innuendos.

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Israel and Palestine Can Still Achieve Peace

Mahmoud Abbas | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oslo Accords, Yasser Arafat, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Yitzhak Rabin, Israel, Politics News
Mahmoud Abbas

Partial peace, as proposed by my current interlocutors, is not the way forward. Partial freedom is a contradiction in terms. Either a Palestinian lives free or continues to live under the yoke of Israeli military occupation.

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Obama Hits All of the Basics in Middle East but Can Do More

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Israelis, Jerusalem, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Violence, Palestine, Palestine State, Aipac, Peace Accord, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Obama did all the "right" things during his tour of the Middle East. But doing the "right things" might not be enough to actually achieve Middle East peace. Obama needs to do more.

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Benazir Bhutto: A Killing and Three Funerals

Amy Wilentz | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bhutto Oxford, Benazir Bhutto Killed, Al Qaeda, Bhutto Family, Suicide Bombers, Bhutto Assassination Blog Posts, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, Hitchens Bhutto, Christopher Hitchens, Pakistan Uprising, Pakistan, Bhutto Rally, Yitzhak Rabin Assassination, Al Qaeda Bhutto Assassination, Musharaff, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Bhutto Harvard, Pakistan Opposition, Bush Pakistan, Yitzhak Rabin, Benazir Bhutto, Musharraf Bhutto, Daniel Pearl, Pakistan Crisis, Pervez Musharraf, Bhutto Pakistan, Pakistan Democracy, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Politics News
Amy Wilentz

As her father's daughter, Bhutto couldn't obey the ineluctable logic of the new Pakistan: wouldn't stay inside, wouldn't shun the people, wouldn't go back into exile after the first attack.

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The Pro-Israel Consensus Shifts

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haim Ramon, Israel Policy Forum, West Bank, Israel Lobby, Geneva Initiative, Hezbollah, Ehud Barak, Hamas, Afif Safieh, Settlements in Palestine, 1967 Green Line, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jerusalem, Ephraim Sneh, Yitzhak Rabin, Camp David, Jewish Week, Mullahs, Prince Zeid Al-Hussein, Gary Rosenblatt, Israel, Israel Politics, Oslo, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

Some of the more conservative American Jewish institutions are coming around to acceptance of the two-state solution, ending the occupation, and sharing Jerusalem.

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