volokh.com - 10/30/2009
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The mystery of just what JStreet is, or intends to be, is growing deeper. “The party and the viewpoint that we’re closest to in Israeli politics is actually Kadima,” JStreet’s founder Jeremy Ben-Ami told the Jerusalem Post . (Hat tip: Ilya)
You mean the Kadima founded by that old ...
haaretz.com - 11/2/2009
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haaretz.com —
Barack Obama has been busy - offering the
Jewish People blessings for Rosh Hashanah, and recording a...
flattering video for the President's Conference in Jerusalem and another for Yitzhak Rabin's memorial rally. Only Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah surpasses ...
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America, stop sucking up to Israel
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/30/2009
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com —
I'm telling people who are worried about the
hijinks at the unofficial J Street bloggers' panel not...
to become overly bothered by it; it was a clownish event, and the people on the panel were marginal figures except in the rather circumscribed ...
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'Israel's Self
powerlineblog.com - 11/1/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
Hillary Clinton continued her farcical visit to Pakistan
today by blaming Obama's failure to make any progress...
with respect to Israeli-Palestinian relations on George W. Bush. Clinton told a group of Pakistani journalists I think that, look, we ...
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No class, bad memory
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DAVID BERNSTEIN: “The mystery of just what JStreet is, or intends to be, is growing deeper.”…
Instapundit —
DAVID BERNSTEIN: “The mystery of just what JStreet is, or intends to be, is growing deeper.”
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Good question
Israel Matzav —
Good question [image] As I noted this past week, J Street has decided that it is becoming the American Friends of Kadima . At the Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein had this reaction (Hat Tip: Instapundit ). So, the question is: If J Street is not a left-wing organization, is pro-Israel, is against a one-state solution, is for a two-state solution, and plans to promote views similar to a centrist Israeli Zionist party, how exactly does this distinguish J Street from existing Jewish and pro-Israel organizations? Hmmm. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ ...
J-street cleaning
Yourish.com —
... Did I get the headline correct? J-Street is moderate? Let me quote from two sources who are not as far to right as I am. First David Bernstein: ...
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