Blog
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4 June 2015
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Here We Go Again
8 May 2015After seven weeks of negotiations Prime Minister Netanyahu announced yesterday that he had formed a government. Israel’s new ruling coalition is razor thin — 61 seats, the bare minimum.
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Police Beating of Demas Fikadey
5 May 2015Security cameras captured the police beating of Ethiopian-Israeli solider Demas Fikadey on April 26 in Holon.
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Lighting the Torch
23 April 2015Last night Alice Miller was asked to light the torch marking the start of Israel’s Independence Day. Her story is part of what’s right in Israel today, and it’s part of NIF’s heritage.
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A Time To Speak
8 April 2015Silence about positions and policies we would condemn here in the U.S. does not benefit Israel. We must adhere to the prophetic tradition and speak out — for our sake, and for Israel’s sake. The Jewish tradition, and the future of Israel, requires nothing less.
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The Path Forward
25 March 2015Together with our partners and allies in Israel and around the world we will do what we always do during difficult times: we will consider the challenges that lie ahead, consult and strategize, and then roll up our sleeves and get to work.
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Yesterday’s Election
18 March 2015I’m in Israel right now. Our staff and allies here are somber but undeterred.
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Israel: Democracy in Action
17 March 2015The messy and chaotic atmosphere that has permeated the election season in Israel has made it easy to overlook one simple fact – Israel’s neighbors are jealous of this very mess.
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Israel Parade Prank
16 March 2015Today’s New York Post ran the following letter to the editor responding this diatribe that it had earlier published. The op-ed it responds to is part of a smear campaign being undertaken in concert with Pamela Geller . . .
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Flying Into the Future
13 March 2015As you read this, I’m on my way back to Israel. With the elections next Tuesday, and with the rather interesting week we’ve had at NIF, it’s a good time for me to be in Tel Aviv at such a critical juncture for Israel’s future.
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