Tag Archives: Jerusalem

What is Wrong with 67 Lines with Swaps?

Posted on 06/12/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

What is wrong with “the 1967 borders and mutually agreed upon swaps?” As a stand alone statement, it is problematic for a number of reasons. First, the pre-1967 lines are actually armistice lines, not borders. This means that they were … Continue reading →

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The Jerusalem Bombing

Posted on 03/25/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

I think we need to take a step back and look at this week’s bombing with open eyes. First of all, the major terrorist groups applauded. It was a successful terrorist attack and that is horrible. Second of all, however, … Continue reading →

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Monday pre-snowstorm briefs

Posted on 01/10/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The EU: Helping the Palestinians erase Jewish history. So, if the EU is supposed to be helping the Israelis and Palestinians come to an agreement, why are 25 EU officials proposing to intervene in Israeli internal affairs in Jerusalem? How … Continue reading →

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The State of the Pursuit of a Palestinian State

Posted on 12/16/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Those interested in the peace process as it stands today should read my piece “Palestinian Leverage” followed by my article on the Wikileaks and the Arab perspective both written in November.  The combination of factors that I note in those articles … Continue reading →

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J Street’s Call to End Oslo

Posted on 11/30/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

This week J Street sent out a petition to its membership urging them to sign on to a letter urging the Obama Administration as follows: Mr. President — You have inspired me with your commitment to a two-state solution to … Continue reading →

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Israel’s non-peaceful neighbors

Posted on 05/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The angle in all of the articles about Israel making peace with the Palestinians is that settlements are obstructing the peace process. The AP has an entire brand-new profile on “Arab East Jerusalem,” almost completely ignoring the fact that the … Continue reading →

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Forget your right hand

Posted on 05/09/2010 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post reports, “Israeli construction in East Jerusalem adds to difficulties facing negotiators“: When the Obama administration launches indirect peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians, as early as this weekend, it faces a much more complicated landscape … Continue reading →

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Christians in Jerusalem: No riots, no attacks, no problem

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Since Israel took back the eastern half of Jerusalem in 1967, the shrines of all three faiths have been open to all three faiths’ worshippers. Today, Christians from all over the world are making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. … Continue reading →

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The UN regrets

Posted on 12/02/2009 by Soccerdad

Isabel Kershner reports at the New York Times that Jewish Nationalists Clash With Palestinians: Jewish nationalists and Palestinians clashed in an East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday after the Israelis took over a house by court order in a predominantly Arab … Continue reading →

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Passively described aggression

Posted on 11/18/2009 by Soccerdad

In some ways there’s little to quibble with in Howard Schneider’s To two faiths, a holy patch of land; to the world, a powder keg in the Washington Post. It begins: It is one of the most watched pieces of … Continue reading →

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The non-moderate Hamas: All of Jerusalem is Arab and Muslim

Posted on 10/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Jimmy Carter, the EU, and various American State Department officials (as well as presidential aides for the last two administrations) all insist that Hamas will moderate. That Hamas will work with Israel to reach some form of agreement. That the … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu on Jerusalem

Posted on 08/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

This quote should be engraved in bronze: “Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the sovereign capital of the State of Israel. We have been building in Jerusalem for 3,000 years.” British protesters were out in droves tonight, forcing Bibi … Continue reading →

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Ethnic smearing

Posted on 08/06/2009 by Soccerdad

Earlier this week, Israel evicted a group of Palestinians from a building in Jerualem. The New York Times reported: Thirty-eight members of the Ghawi family were removed from six apartments that made up one of the houses. There are 17 … Continue reading →

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Obama ups the ante on “settlements”

Posted on 07/19/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Obama administration shows its hand by demanding that Israel stop building in eastern Jerusalem. No word yet if anyone ever objected to Jordan’s near destruction of the city’s ancient Jewish Quarter (including synagogues and Torahs) which was—wait for it—in … Continue reading →

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Reflexively telling

Posted on 07/03/2008 by Soccerdad

Yesterday, Boker Tov Boulder aptly observed that following a terror attack: … there’s the attack by the media that inevitably follows. Then there’s the aftermath, in which we can see the results of the first two, usually along the lines … Continue reading →

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Arab League to hold meeting, Israel to ignore them

Posted on 06/09/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The Arab League is holding an “extraordinary” meeting about Israeli expansion of Jerusalem suburbs. CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) — The Arab League (AL) Council has decided to hold an extraordinary meeting on June 15 to discuss the Israeli settlement activities … Continue reading →

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Israeli shows Al-Jazeera that Israeli spirit

Posted on 06/07/2008 by Meryl Yourish

An Israeli researcher told Al-Jazeera (and by proxy, Muslims) exactly what Jewish ties to Jerusalem are compared to the Arabs. Rayyan opened with the question, “Mr. Mordechai, is this decision meant to constitute another nail in the coffin of the … Continue reading →

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