Opinion

OPINION - A post on the Twitter page of CNN's Cairo correspondent raises serious questions about his objectivity. But in this case, the journalist's contributions to CNN seem to answer those questions in a way that should deeply trouble the network, as they suggest that his biases excessively influence his reporting.
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OPINION - With all eyes focused on the political future of Jerusalem, the social and economic reality is largely neglected, argues Hagai Agmon Snir of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center, who also explains why working now to save Jerusalem from its decline is crucial for ensuring that the city is inhabitable in times of peace.
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I spend my days helping clients develop and implement PR campaigns designed to promote the company in such a compelling way that its key audience will respond positively to what the company is communicating. Ultimately, the goal is always to build momentum and help the company achieve its potential. So given that professional experience, it...
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OPINION - Many Israelis and Israel supporters across the political spectrum were stunned by the recent hostile reaction of most of the world regarding Israel’s basic right to have a blockade against Hamas-dominated Gaza. They realized that the main focus of the hostile international reaction was not on improving the procedures of this security-motivated...
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OPINION - Peter Beinart's "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment" in last week's New York Review of Books is an important piece – important in the same way as John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's 2006 screed "The Israeli Lobby": It will be widely quoted and pernicious in effect. Beinart begins with the results of...
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OPINION - Arguing against a complete settlement freeze in east Jerusalem, Yoram Peri, former adviser to late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, calls on the US to make a distinction between the Jewish neighborhoods built over the Green Line which would most likely remain under Israeli jurisdiction, and the Palestinian neighborhoods which are likely to...
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As grim reports of missile threats from every direction rain down on Israel, military analysts and columnists are issuing a barrage of warnings that Israel could find itself in a war on several fronts in the near future. "Israel has ramped up provocative overflights of Lebanese territory in recent months, and Iran has carried out...
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OPINION - The Obama administration has been right to press for the proximity talks that have been stalled for many weeks, while the United States and Israel debated Israeli construction in east Jerusalem. But now that the prime minister appears to have quietly imposed a de facto freeze on building in east Jerusalem, the...
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OPINION - American Jews are periodically tested by virtue of their association with Israel. Operation Defensive Shield, when the European press was filled with reports of 5,000 Palestinian civilians slaughtered – some shot in the head, others buried alive — constituted one such test. Operation Cast Lead and the subsequent Goldstone Report accusing Israel...
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In honor of Israel's 62nd Independence Day and in light of President Obama's repeated claims that US interests are best served by distancing itself from Israel, Caroline Glick decided to write the following essay explaining why a strong Israel is essential for US national security.
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