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Israel wants tourists to do PR

By Ben Harris · February 18, 2010

Israel’s government is recruiting its own citizens to be public ambassadors.

1 Comment | Share This | Israel

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How to win friends and influence border policemen

By Ben Harris · February 11, 2010

West Bank settlers have taken a subsidized course, based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie, to help them better press their cause.

0 Comments | Share This | Israel, Settlements, West Bank

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Hey, Bibi, yes or no?

By Uriel Heilman · March 12, 2009

Benjamin Netanyahu continues to evade the question of whether or not he supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

6 Comments | Share This | Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Zalman Shoval

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Who’s to blame for Israel’s next coalition?

By Uriel Heilman · March 10, 2009

With Israel apparently headed for a narrow right-wing government, who’s to blame?

5 Comments | Share This | Israel

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Exhortations against Israel in Venezuela

By Uriel Heilman · March 9, 2009

In this video clip, Venezuela’s National Assembly cheers the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez calls upon the country’s Jews to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza and a crowd applauds a speaker’s call for Jews to condemn the “holocaust of the Palestinian people.”

3 Comments | Share This | Hugo Chavez, Israel, Venezuela

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Roger Cohen reality check

By Uriel Heilman · March 9, 2009

It’s time for the West to re-think its approach toward Hamas and Hezbollah, Roger Cohen writes. Does that mean we should ignore the reality of what those movements stand for? asks JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman.

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Cohen misses the point—again

By Uriel Heilman · March 2, 2009

Roger Cohen responds to critics of his Iran column last week, and slams Israel—again.

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Naive on Iran

By Uriel Heilman · February 23, 2009

Israel endures yet another condemnation from Iran—this time, from Roger Cohen.

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What would Bibi’s government look like?

By Uriel Heilman · February 20, 2009

When Israeli President Shimon Peres designated Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu on Friday to form Israel’s next government, one key question about Israel’s next government was answered but many others were left unresolved.