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West Bank Settler: I'd Sacrifice for Peace Again

TEKOA, West Bank (Sept. 7) -- From his kitchen window in this West Bank settlement south of Bethlehem, Seth Mandell enjoys a spectacular view across the rolling biblical landscape of the Judean desert toward 2,000-year-old Herodion, the stunning hilltop palace and tomb of King Herod. If the peace talks launched in...

Opinion: The Long Road for Obama and Netanyahu

(July 5) -- "It doesn't take a red-haired Russian spy to know that there are tensions between the U.S. and Israel." So said Michael Herzog, a retiring brigadier general in the Israeli Defense Forces, a few days ago. Indeed, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama meet on Tuesday, there are...

Netanyahu Between a Rock and a Hard Place

ANALYSIS (March 26) -- On Monday night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, the "Festival of Freedom" that commemorates the end of slavery in Egypt. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might not be in full festive mood. On the vexing issue of settlements, his freedom is constrained by the conflicting...

Netanyahu and Obama Meet Behind Closed Doors

(March 23) -- President Barack Obama met at the White House today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel sought to ease the crisis in its relations with Washington. But just hours before the low-key private meeting, the Jerusalem city government announced its approval of 20 new homes in east Jerusalem,...

Mutual Mending as Netanyahu Comes to Washington

WASHINGTON (March 22) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit here is being marked by a conciliatory speech today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a dinner tonight with Vice President Joe Biden and a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama. The agenda alone is a sign that the U.S. and Israel are...

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03/27/12 Why I'm backing the boycott of Israel Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Last month, Glenn Beck addressed a crowd of Israeli-settler supporters in Crown Heights, and there he named what he perceived to be some of the greatest threats to Israel: the Obama administration , George Soros and the Park Slope Food Coop. In attacking the coop, Beck added his voice to a chorus of commentators who have reflexively condemned the democratically-run grocery store â of which I am a proud member â for considering a referendum to join the international boycott campaign on Israel.