The value of apology
Jewish Journal
June 22, 2015
As the 10th anniversary of the Gaza disengagement approaches, the media in Israel has naturally started looking back on that event.
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Jewish life in the City of Lights
Danielle Berrin
May 1, 2008
Current statistics suggests that, even though France is depicted as less than empathetic to the Jewish community, the Jewish population there has actually grown.
The Changed Man
Rob Eshman
October 13, 2005
In May of 1998, a wealthy Israeli-born businessman called our offices and suggested I go to the Peninsula Hotel to interview his friend, Ariel Sharon. I said no.
Israel – Tourists Unfazed by Gaza Pullout
Daniella Peled
September 1, 2005
For visitors to Israel this summer, the disengagement from the Gaza Strip proved hard to ignore.
\”Everybody\’s orange,\” said Rebecca Kaminski, from Berlin, with a laugh, referring to the color adopted by the anti-disengagement activists. \”I\’m on the blue side, I guess.\”
Sitting on the beach in Netanya, the 22-year-old was working on her already impressive tan with a group of girlfriends, all students at a six-week summer ulpan, or Hebrew-language immersion course, in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon.
They have not been deterred from visiting Israel during its exit from the Gaza settlements and parts of the West Bank.
Show Gaza Sympathies to the Other
David N. Myers
August 25, 2005
The disengagement from Gaza has exposed raw emotions and wrenching scenes of families being uprooted from their homes of decades.
First Person – Torn in Two
Robert Strazynski
August 25, 2005
To the Jews of the Diaspora:
I recently returned from a monthlong vacation to the United States. Since I\’ve gotten back home to Israel, however, it seems as though \”reality\” has smacked me upside the head.
A Palestinian Verdict: Terror Worked
Khaled Abu Toameh
August 25, 2005
The question on the Palestinian street now is who will successfully claim credit for expelling Israel from Gaza and northern Samaria – Hamas, an organization that carries out terrorist attacks, or Fatah, the official Palestinian ruling party?
Whatever the answer turns out to be, one thing is certain. Both factions are presenting Israel\’s withdrawal of settlers and troops from Gaza and the northern West Bank as a Palestinian military victory.
There’s No Place for Ugly Words on Gaza
Joseph Aaron
July 28, 2005
The withdrawal of Israeli settlements and settlers from the Gaza Strip will dominate the Jewish summer.
Q & A With Daniel Ayalon
Howard Blume
July 21, 2005
The mid-August Israeli pullout from Gaza is fraught with risks and unknowns, but the Israeli government remains committed to \”unilateral disengagement,\” says Daniel Ayalon, Israel\’s ambassador to the United States.
Disengagement Now — No Way to Peace
Arthur Cohn
July 7, 2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s plan for an Israeli pullout from Gaza and a few more settlements in the Shomron has found extensive initial approval among Jews in the Diaspora.
At first glance, this is understandable. The absence of a credible Palestinian negotiating partner, combined with Israel\’s vigorous desire to create a more peaceful atmosphere in the Middle East, has made a partial segregation from the Palestinian Arabs appear to be a step in the right direction.
But before we leap, let\’s look. Let\’s pay attention to the serious voices of dissent.
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