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Opinion Palestinians Ease Truce Terms as Livni Airs New Peace Bid
Conflicting reports from the Egyptian-Palestinian negotiations in Cairo: The Israeli news site Mako-News10 reported Saturday evening that the factions comprising the Palestinian cease-fire negotiating team — the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Islamic Jihad — had made some significant concessions on their demands for renewing the Gaza cease-fire. They agreed to permit Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority…
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Breaking News Jerusalem Post Buys Maariv for $1.15 Million
A Jerusalem court approved the sale of the daily Hebrew newspaper Maariv to The Jerusalem Post. The $1.15 million sale to Jerusalem Post owner Eli Azur was approved Sunday by the Jerusalem District Court. The Jerusalem Post publishes a daily English-language newspaper. Israel’s Antitrust Authority still must approve the sale, Globes reported. Azur also bought…
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Opinion Jerusalem Post’s Absurd Visa Waiver Plea
Getty Images The Jerusalem Post’s latest editorial wades into the Israel-U.S. debate over travel visas — and comes to some absurd conclusions. The government of Israel has been trying for a while to reach an agreement with the American authorities allowing Israeli tourists to visit the U.S. for a short time without a visa. The…
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Opinion Vassar’s Israel Debate Takes ‘Raw’ Racial Turn
An ugly confrontation took place at Vassar College March 3 between pro-BDS activists and a group of students and professors who were about to embark on a college-sponsored trip to study water issues in Israel and Palestine. A college forum convened to discuss the tensions surrounding the trip – and more specifically, the protests against…
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Breaking News Saudis Block Jerusalem Post Reporter Michael Wilner From Covering Obama Trip
The White House on Tuesday said it was “deeply disappointed” that Saudi Arabia had denied a visa to a U.S. citizen working for Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post to cover President Barack Obama’s trip to the kingdom later this week. Saudi Arabia does not recognise Israel, but has said it is willing to change that…
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Opinion N.J. Hillel Hosts 1-Stater. Relax, She’s Right-Winger
Caroline Glick / Wikimedia Commons From the New Jersey Jewish News comes word that the campus Hillel at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, recently sponsored an appearance by a militant one-stater. The program was co-sponsored by, among others, two nearby Jewish federations including the state’s largest, the Jewish Federation of MetroWest (through its…
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Opinion Abbas Tells Israeli Parley: Peace, Recognition. Watch
This is a news flash for anyone who’s waiting to hear the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas declare publicly in Arabic that he’s ready to recognize and make peace with Israel. He said it. You can watch it here. The background: Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, in a taped interview to be screened this week at…
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Opinion How We Recollect Sharon: Good, Bad, Ugly, Human
Ariel Sharon in Knesset, preparing his speech for opening of summer session, May 7, 2001 / Getty Images Amid the outpouring of tributes to Ariel Sharon following his death, a few seem particularly noteworthy for their unexpected insights — some into the life and character of Sharon, others into the character of the writers. Chemi…
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