May 17, 2012 - News & Politics - 
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Isi Leibler, calling Peter Beinart “a leading Jew engaged in demonizing and delegitimizing the Jewish state,” says he shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the Peres Presidential Conference. It seems he would prefer some liberal Zionists not be part of the community at all.
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May 16, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
A post is doing the rounds, from a right-wing Zionist offering a $100,000 donation to J Street and/or Peter Beinart “to speak to Arabs [in Arab countries] as they do to the Jewish community.” It’s much less a contribution to the debate than grandstanding and mudslinging. I offered this response to a friend, and post it here, too.
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May 16, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
There’s no escaping it. We can argue about how and why people were dispossessed, it’s just part of our history now. What we can do is figure out how we can maintain a Jewish-democratic state while still being maximally inclusive of a Palestinian minority.
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May 14, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Credit where it’s due. Bibi’s rhetoric has certainly been more positive in the last few months, and if he’s talking about using his coalition to explore peace, and in an official document no less, these are big steps forward.
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May 13, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Administrative detention is anti-democratic. Israel has to choose between being “a free and open society” and either putting these Palestinians on trial or releasing them, or perishing deeper into the nondemocratic abyss.
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May 12, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Aaron David Miller, writing in Foreign Policy: “Here’s a low-brow but reliable guide to how and why deals get done.”
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May 12, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Yes, The Dictator is inflammatory and obscene. Yes, some of Sacha Baron Cohen’s work mimics antisemitism at times; but it’s a parody for crying out loud! It’s meant to be funny and to take the piss out of real antisemites. How is it that the ADL can have a problem with this, but not with the Producers?
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May 12, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
“If we build all over the place, we lose. Even if we don’t have an agreement [with the Palestinians], we need to have a rational policy.” This proposal, if accepted by the new Bibi-Mofaz coalition would be a major step forward. Certainly a confidence-building measure at the least.
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May 10, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
“At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” Where to from here?
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May 9, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Gershom Gorenberg on StandWithUs: “The answer to slogans shouldn’t be slogans [...] Any account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that fits in a shirt pocket isn’t worth having.” This is where hasbara becomes deficient and is undermining the ability of Jewish students to learn about their identities, and Israel.
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