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A pro-Israel rally, Washington D.C, July 18, 2014 (photo: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Overcoming Jewish America’s Israel fantasy

The idea of Israel has long been an integral part of Jewish-American identity. But with a generational change among American Jews and increasingly stark political differences with Israel’s leadership, could this be the dawn of a new era? Last summer Michael Oren, who served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2009-13, blithely offended virtually…

By Lisa Goldman December 31, 2015

Soon to be pixilated? IDF gunmen, led by a Lt. Col., harrassing journalists in Al Ma'asara (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

IDF treats pregnant NYT journalist “cruelly” at Gaza crossing

News sources reported during the day on the humiliating harassment of a foreign journalist by IDF soldiers, as she tried to enter Israel from a Gaza crossing. According to IDF radio (Hebrew) and the Jerusalem Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning, veteran photographer Lynsey Addario, working for the New York Times, was returning to Israel after an assignment…

By Dahlia Scheindlin November 28, 2011

A response to WSJ’s attack on “Breaking the Silence” (Jerry Haber)

Why “Breaking the Silence” is Short-Listed for the Sakharov Prize There is a lot of pain and suffering in the world, and there are a lot of human rights violations. The European Parliament’s Sakhorov Prize is “intended to honour exceptional individuals [and groups] who combat intolerance, fanaticism, and oppression. Like Andrei Sakharov himself all the…

By +972 Magazine October 20, 2010

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