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Ovadia Yosef Was Ready for Compromise Peace but Concluded Correctly it Wasn’t Possible

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, one of Israel’s most controversial figures, but also one of Israel’s greatest religious legislators… Continue reading

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Israel’s Election: An Analysis

Israel’s election results show that Israelis have a basic consensus and yet have very different ways of expressing their political positions… Continue reading

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What Threatens Peace: a Mountain of Hate or a Few Nasty Words?

About twenty-five years ago I had my great success in affecting mass media coverage of the Middle East in one newspaper for one day. I had been complaining to a New York Times correspondent, who was briefly covering the Middle East beat, about the incitement, hatred, and extremism… Continue reading