David Ben-Gurion

The Israeli Exception: Gilo and East Jerusalem

In 1987, the conservative author Midge Decter described her association with Israel and those willing to place it above conventional judgment. ‘We know ourselves to be bound by ties so deep, so essential, so unconditional, that...

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US ‘objects’ to settlement expansion

18/11/09; (3 items) The US opposes Israel’s decision to expand a Jewish settlement in annexed Arab east Jerusalem and urges both sides to refrain from unilateral moves, the State Department said today. “We object to this and we...

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U.N. report: Iran nuke site apt for bombs, not power

The United Nations says Iran is preparing to start up a uranium-enrichment site that was revealed only recently and which scientists suggest is too small for nuclear power purposes but suitable for making nuclear bombs. Frankly...

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The Divorce Remedy for Saving a Marriage

Marital Miracles Can Happen for those Expecting the Impossible When a husband or wife is told by his/her spouse that the marriage is over, it is like a kick in the gut. Michelle Weiner-Davis quotes David Ben-Gurion in her 1992...

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Arab experts predict Mideast water wars

AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Jordanian academic has predicted that Israel will go to war with neighboring Lebanon and Egypt to get their water. An Arab water expert warns that Yemen's worsening water shortage, which is...

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Yossi Sarid / Abbas must unilaterally declare Palestinian state - Ha'aretz

Ha'aretz Yossi Sarid / Abbas must unilaterally declare Palestinian state Ha'aretz It is precisely now that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must not give up hope, and not because of the sweet nothings that Shimon Peres...

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Will This Wheel's Saga Come Full Circle?

Barbara and Allan Cohen sit in a restored carriage from a historic Ferris wheel now being refurbished What goes around comes around, at least when talking about the revolutions of a Ferris wheel. A group in Phoenixville in...

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Can Oslo take back Obama's Nobel? - Ha'aretz

BBC News Can Oslo take back Obama's Nobel? Ha'aretz David Ben-Gurion was not invited to the White House until the end of his term, and needed various excuses to meet with the presidents in hotels. In Benjamin Netanyahu's case,...

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Peres: Cooperation is Needed, Even in Disagreement

Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) President Shimon Peres said Sunday that cooperation among Israeli leaders is necessary, even when they disagree. Speaking at a memorial observance for Chaim Weitzmann, modern...

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TJ McNamara: Swift eye and slow-building tension

Although the splatter and dash of expressionist painting or the swift accumulations of "found" sculpture could come under the heading of "fast art", the principal fast art is, by its nature, photography.Much photography is the...

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