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Growing Gulf Between U.S. And Israeli Jews on Obama

By Nathan Jeffay

He swept to power with the support of 78% of American Jews. But has Barack Obama become the bane of Israeli Jews?Read More


Why Defining ‘Natural Growth’ Is So Confusing, On Purpose

By Nathan Jeffay

Givat Ha’eytam, a lonely hill in the Israeli occupied West Bank, seems like anything but a natural part of the bustling 8,000-person Jewish settlement of Efrat. Indeed, the stony outcrop, with its view of Efrat’s buildings in the distance, soon will be cut off from that settlement by the separation barrier Israel is building across the length of the West Bank, ostensibly to protect Israelis from Palestinian terrorism.Read More


Waving Israel’s Rainbow Flag Abroad

By Nathan Jeffay

In stark contrast to the U.S. Army’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuality, the latest edition of the official Israel Defense Force’s magazine B’Machane has a center spread on gay and lesbian officers. A picture shows a new officer getting his stripes, his commander’s hand on one shoulder and his life partner’s hand on the other.Read More


Is Seaside Construction Causing Israel’s Cliffs To Crumble?

By Nathan Jeffay

A debate about whether construction along the Israeli coastline is playing a key role in causing more seaside cliffs to collapse has been reignited by the death of a camper whose tent was pitched below a sand pillar that crumbled.Read More


Pollsters Find Israeli Public Less Supportive Of Settlements

By Nathan Jeffay

In previous decades, an American president who pressured Israel to freeze settlement growth, as President Obama has done, would have riled large sections of Israel’s Jewish population. But public sympathy for settlers and the settlements is currently at an all-time low, adding a new dimension to the sometimes tense relationship between Washington and Jerusalem.Read More



 

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