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Israel and the Battleground of Ideas

Dovid Efune | Posted 05.08.2012

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Dovid Efune

One panelist suggested that in order to be successful, Israel advocates need "to change the conversation." This sort of positive reinforcement and public education is important for any country, but when it comes to Israel's dire representation in the media, this type of focus is largely beside the point.

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Palestinians Protests Across Israel

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 03.31.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester in Gaza on Friday as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbori...

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UN Report: Settlers Seized Dozens Of Palestinian Water Springs

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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By Jihan Abdalla NABI SALEH, West Bank, March 19 (Reuters) - Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied Wes...

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Truce In Gaza

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.13.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early Tuesday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a ce...

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Iran Denies Role In Attacks On Israeli Diplomats

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

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TEHRAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iran rejects as "sheer lies" accusations that it was involved in a bomb attack on the Israeli embassy in India, the offic...

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Palestinians Unmoved As Israel Presents Border Ideas

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2012

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By Jihan Abdalla and Dan Williams RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the bord...

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Joshua Hersh

Israel-Palestine Peace Talks To Resume Next Week With Little Signs Of Breakthrough

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.06.2012

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors return to the negotiating table on Monday for the second round of rare face-to-face talks that prom...

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Five Ways to Read the Paper and Keep Your Sanity Intact

Omri Marcus | Posted 02.02.2012

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Omri Marcus

These days, starting your day with a newspaper can be a depressing experience.

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Palestinians Confirm They Will Ask U.N. For Full Membership

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.16.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president said Friday he would ask the U.N. Security Council next week to endorse his people's decades-lon...

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University Of Johannesburg Cuts Ties With Ben-Gurion University

AP | JENNY GROSS | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — A leading South African university is severing ties with Israel's Ben-Gurion University, acting on calls from hundreds of South A...

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Israel's Paranoid and Vicious Circles

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carlo Strenger

The rise of racism and xenophobia in Israel has been a favorite topic for pundits in recent weeks, and for good reason. Is hatred turning on an imagined enemy?

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US Says Israel Rocket Shield Will Work

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A U.S.-backed rocket shield is on track to protect Israeli towns against rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, a senior State Departm...

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Israel Summit A Victory For Settlement Stand, Says Avigdor Lieberman

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday that the summit of Israeli, U.S. and Palestinian leaders proved Israel could successfully f...

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Accused of Promoting Israeli Propaganda

GlobalPost | Nomi Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nomi Morris I GlobalPost TORONTO, Canada - A protest over a Toronto International Film Festival spotlight on Tel Aviv cinema has galvanized the glo...

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Sweden: Editor Denies Anti-Semitism Charges, Gov't Refuses To Condemn Anti-Israel Article

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jan Helin, the editor-in-chief of the Swedish newspaper which printed an article accusing Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians and harvested their...

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Israeli Settlers Set Fire To Palestinian Fields, Stone Cars During Rampage

AP | ALI DARAGHMEH | Posted 05.25.2011

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NABLUS, West Bank — More than 30 Israeli settlers, some of them on horseback, set fire to fields and olive trees and stoned Palestinian cars dur...

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Former Israeli Soldiers Report: Reactions (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Wednesday July 15, a group of Israeli reservists called Breaking the Silence released a report including anonymous interviews by former Israeli sol...

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Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

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Israel Defies Obama's Settlement Demand, Authorizes Construction Of 300 New Homes In West Bank

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In defiance of President Obama's call for a halt to all settlement growth, Israel has authorized the construction of 300 new homes in the West Bank, H...

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Photos From Israel That You Won't See on the News

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ilana Teitelbaum

Israel is not media savvy -- we have installed warning systems and bomb shelters. No casualties means no photos, which means that many incidents aren't even covered by the media.

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