Tag Archives: Israel
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Neil Hertz – News from the Levant continued
Leave a commentJune 26, 2011 by IJV
News from the Levant #24: Jerusalem Day June 1st was “Jerusalem Day,” an annual celebration of what Israelis call the …
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A damp squib? Doubts about the new UK ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ movement
1June 15, 2011 by Antony Lerman
Yachad, a new ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ movement, inspired by the American J Street liberal, political lobby group, was launched in the UK in …
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‘Lasting peace is only possible with Hamas on board’
Leave a commentJune 13, 2011 by happyhenry
A letter from 24 leading world politicians was today published in Der Spiegel, calling on the European Union to rethink …
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Regarding Sovereignty – Gush Shalom Ad
Leave a commentJune 11, 2011 by happyhenry
Every state Has the right To defend its International borders, Provided It defines its borders In agreement With its neighbors …
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The Wall: a moving and controversial play on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Leave a commentJune 3, 2011 by Antony Lerman
By Merav Pinchassoff The Wall, a highly controversial play about the Israel-Palestine conflict by Douglas Watkinson, is on at the …
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A millstone round his neck: Obama’s yes to Bibi’s ‘no negotiations unless Palestinians recognize Israel as Jewish state’
Leave a commentMay 31, 2011 by Antony Lerman
I watched live coverage of the press conference given by President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House …
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Bibi’s speech to the US Congress: a flagrant denial of the autonomy and diversity of Jews worldwide
Leave a commentMay 26, 2011 by Antony Lerman
There were so many fictions and distortions in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress on 24 May, so many …
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Bonfire of the experts: The Arab uprisings and the Israeli-Palestinian question
Leave a commentMay 16, 2011 by happyhenry
Tony Klug analyses the current situation: I was at a meeting recently where the head of the Foreign Office’s ‘Near …
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‘Push and press Israel’ New Israel Fund President tells UK Jews. So why is NIF supporting a whitewash Israel conference?
Leave a commentMay 14, 2011 by IJV
by Antony Lerman Naomi Chazan is a class act. Professor emerita, former Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, former Member …
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Statement on Rocket Attacks from Gaza
Leave a commentApril 1, 2011 by happyhenry
We have been asked to set out IJV’s position on the recent spate of rocket attacks aimed at Israel from …
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