Wikileaks: The economic reasons behind the siege on Gaza
Shir Hever on Israel’s use of currency as a tool to manipulate Gaza
The ripple effects of the Wikileaks documents are still being felt, but until recently Israeli officials continued to boast that the documents were
* The Shin Bet or Shabak, officially called the Israel Security Agency (previously the General Security Service) is Israel’s secret police, and is directly subordinate to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Shir Hever is an Israeli economist and commentator who researches the economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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A mistake of historic proportions?
On the West’s ungraceful scramble to keep up with the shift in the Middle East
After days of confused and mixed messages, the Obama administration finally seems to be making it clear that it wants Mubarak to go now.
This piece is cross-posted with Antony Lerman’s blog, Context is everything.
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Why Israelis aren’t thrilled by the prospect of a democratic Egypt
Israeli leaders used to say that democracy in the Arab world is the key to peace and prosperity in the region. So why are they so unhappy with the current demonstrations?
Four months ago, deputy-Foreign Minister Ayalon, who often serves as media front for Foreign Minister Lieberman, addressed the high-level audience of ministers, speakers of parliaments and politicians from across the globe ab
Eyal Clyne is an Israeli researcher of society(ies) in Israel-Palestine. He focuses on the conflict and other Israeli political issues. Some of the posts on his Hebrew blog appear also in English and elsewhere, and some of his pieces for JNews are also cross-posted with other sites.
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When it comes to Israel and Palestine, fantasy is an integral part of reality
Brian Klug responds to Eyals Clyne’s post ‘When Jews speak about Israel in London’
In our last post, Eyal Clyne described his experience of an ‘Opinion Soup’ held on 25 October 2010 at the JCC for London.‘A Time to Speak Out’ is Chapter 1 in Being Jewish and Doing Justice: Bringing Argument to Life, London : Vallentine Mitchell, 2010.
Real Eyal Clyne’s original post here.
When Jews speak about Israel in London
As an Israeli recently arrived in London, I decided to attend an event arranged by members of the London Jewish commun
The event referred to by the author was an ‘Opinion Soup’ held on 25 October 2010 at the JCC for London. Speakers included novelist Howard Jacobson; philosopher at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, Brian Klug; former director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Antony Lerman; and journalist Melanie Phillips, with author and journalist David Aaronovitch as Chair.
Eyal Clyne is an Israeli researcher of society(ies) in Israel-Palestine. He focuses on the conflict and other Israeli political issues. Some of the posts on his Hebrew blog appear also in English and elsewhere, and some of his pieces for JNews are also cross-posted with other sites.
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Views of Egypt show new Jewish discourse in USA
American congressional leaders have already issued a wide variety of statements in the wake of the resignation of Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.
Mitchell Plitnick is the former Director of the US Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and was previously the Director of Education and Policy for Jewish Voice for Peace. He is a widely published policy analyst.
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