By Gal Beckerman
Without Sheldon Adelson’s help, Newt Gingrich would be out of the GOP race by now. The mogul’s millions have kept Gingrich far to the right on Israel.
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By Gal Beckerman
The first votes have barely been counted in Iowa, but the entire Republican field already has a problem. His name is Ron Paul, writes Gal Beckerman.
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By Gal Beckerman
How did David Ben-Gurion build the Jewish state? Ideology drove him, but he wanted to put stakes in the ground, Shimon Peres writes in an insightful, yet flawed, new book.
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By Gal Beckerman
Peter Bergson was reckless for his day when he drew attention to the Holocaust. Some of the perceived radicals of today are at the Occupy Wall Street protests, Gal Beckerman writes.
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By Gal Beckerman
The most immediate lesson of the massive social justice protests in Israel is this cold truth: Mobilizing the masses means first giving them a personal stake in success.
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