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MK Ahmad Tibi and former settler leader Dani Dayan fight on Twitter (Photo: Jonathan Klinger/CC, Herzliya Conference PR)

MK Ahmad Tibi, ex-settler leader Dayan duke it out on Twitter

Two of the most well-spoken public figures in Israel are MK Ahmad Tibi and former settler leader Dani Dayan. Dr. Tibi is known to lecture to the Knesset plenum in prose, and is considered one of the MKs with the best command of the Hebrew language. Dayan, on the other hand, has the uncanny ability…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 12, 2013

Breiyda Franklin, a long-time Democrat, calling American Jews and encouraging them to vote for Romney from Jerusalem, Oct 16, 2012. (photo: DC)

WATCH: Israeli Democrats canvass American voters for Romney

The U.S. presidential race is entering its last two weeks. On Friday, President Barack Obama picked up a surprising endorsement from the Salt Lake Tribune, the official newspaper of the capital city of the predominantly Mormon state of Utah. Governor Mitt Romney, a Mormon, seemed like the natural choice, but as the Tribune noted, Romney…

By Roee Ruttenberg October 20, 2012

On Alice Walker and cultural boycott: A debate

Alice Walker, author of the award-winning novel ‘The Color Purple,’ has reportedly refused translation rights of her book to an Israeli publisher, citing Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ with policies worse than the treatment of blacks in the southern United States and South Africa. This post will be updated with additional opinions throughout the day.…

By +972 Magazine June 19, 2012

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