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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos, January 21, 2016. (Haim Zach / GPO)
Can the U.S.-Israel relationship survive a far-right government?
Israel’s new coalition and growing hostility toward AIPAC are straining the countries’ ‘unbreakable’ bond. But don't expect major U.S. policy change.
By Mitchell Plitnick November 30, 2022
Former Knesset Speaker Avraham (Avrum) Burg (photo: Yossi Gurvitz)
Response to Burg: Israel’s democracy flawed from inception
The New York Times continues to push the myth that Israel was once liberal and democratic, and is now growing detached from these values. Now it publishes an op-ed by a former Knesset speaker, which promotes this notion and similar misconceptions about the United States and the U.S.-Israel relationship. Only a couple of weeks after…
By Roi Maor August 5, 2012
Palestinian prisedant Abu Mazen and U.S secertary of state Hillary Clinton. United States Government Work United States Government Work
The U.S lacks a vision for foreign policy in Middle East
Most American speakers at the US-Islamic World Forum seemed to either ignore major issues or give the usual statements disliked by most Muslims WASHINGTON, DC – Last week I attended the US-Islamic World Forum in Washington D.C. The forum is organized by the Organization of the Islamic Conference , the Kingdom of Qatar and the…
By Aziz Abu Sarah April 22, 2011
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Front page of Yisrael Hayom, 2 November
Nov 2: Many Israelis pray Obama will be weakened
The Headlines: American voters elect Israel’s government > Today’s American congressional elections are front pages news in the Hebrew media. Israelis, so dependent on the US, are fascinated by its politics. But even so-called experts display shocking ignorance of the basic facts, often repeating silly partisan talking points. The general tone is schadenfreude towards the…
By Roi Maor November 2, 2010
Five reasons why Barbara Slavin’s cautious optimism is misplaced (Jerry Haber)
The following was originally posted on The Magnes Zionist. A very good example of what is fundamentally wrong about how Americans view the Israel/Palestinian Conflict is provided by Barbara Slavin here. In a contrarian spirit of being a teeny bit upbeat about the next round in Israeli Arab peace talks (going on for around sixty plus years,…
By +972 Magazine August 26, 2010
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  3. Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?
  4. Israel's armed drones are heralding an era of automated killing
  5. My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear
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  2. 'I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter'
  3. ‘Sorry Mohammad’: What’s behind Ben Gvir’s apartheid honesty?
  4. 'Youth Against Dictatorship': Meet Israel's new class of conscientious objectors
  5. 'Don’t raise your voice — you're not in Britain anymore'