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Paul Simon in Israel – Bridge over troubled memories - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Paul Simon in Israel – Bridge over troubled memories
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I don't think I've been to this stadium since his last time, I mean their last time. Simon and Garfunkel, Ramat Gan Stadium, summer of 1983. Almost 30 years younger. After years of listening to their black vinyl albums, their covers worn ...

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Bridge over troubled memories - Ha'aretz

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Ha'aretz
[image error] Bridge over troubled memories
Ha'aretz
I don't think I've been to this stadium since his last time, I mean their last time. Simon and Garfunkel, Ramat Gan Stadium, summer of 1983. Almost 30 years younger. After years of listening to their black vinyl albums, their covers worn ...

MK Danny Danon is the new McCarthy - Ha'aretz

[image error] MK Danny Danon is the new McCarthy
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A bit less of a Kahanist than National Union MK Michael Ben Ari, a bit less of a garbler than Likud MK Yariv Levin and a bit less pompous than Likud MK Ofir Akunis, Likud MK Danny Danon will go far. He's a member of the ruling party and ...

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MK Danny Danon is the new McCarthy - Ha'aretz

[image error] MK Danny Danon is the new McCarthy
Ha'aretz
A bit less of a Kahanist than National Union MK Michael Ben Ari, a bit less of a garbler than Likud MK Yariv Levin and a bit less pompous than Likud MK Ofir Akunis, Likud MK Danny Danon will go far. He's a member of the ruling party and ...

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Abbas: September vote in UN won't affect peace negotiations (Army Radio) - Ha'aretz

[image error] Abbas: September vote in UN won't affect peace negotiations (Army Radio)
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A bit less of a Kahanist than National Union MK Michael Ben Ari, a bit less of a garbler than Likud MK Yariv Levin and a bit less pompous than Likud MK Ofir Akunis, Likud MK Danny Danon will go far. He's a member of the ruling party and ...

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Peres must stop destruction of Israeli democracy - Ha'aretz

[image error] Peres must stop destruction of Israeli democracy
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In the summer of 2000, half the country (including this writer) wept over Shimon Peres' loss to Moshe Katsav in the presidential election. In the summer of 2007, Reuven Rivlin wept over his loss to Peres. In the summer of 2001, ...

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The silence of the president - Ha'aretz

[image error] The silence of the president
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In the summer of 2000, half the country (including this writer ) wept over Shimon Peres' loss to Moshe Katsav in the presidential election. In the summer of 2007, Reuven Rivlin wept over his loss to Peres. In the summer of 2001, ...

Twilight Zone / Drive-by shooting - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Twilight Zone / Drive-by shooting
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What happened in January this year? During that month, Israel Defense Forces soldiers, using live ammunition, killed three Palestinians in incidents at checkpoints and another, aged 66, as he slept in his bed. In the six months since, ...

Why Israelis must fight against the boycott law - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Why Israelis must fight against the boycott law
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I have never preached publicly to others to boycott the products of the settlements. Everyone should follow his own conscience. Just as I try to buy blue-and-white Israeli products, I also try not to buy "black": ...

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Protests in Israel are not only legitimate, they're vital - Ha'aretz

[image error] Protests in Israel are not only legitimate, they're vital
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Really, why? It's noisy, sometimes dirty, it may even, God help us, cause traffic jams. Tires may even be burned, and in extreme cases, things even get a little violent. It disturbs the peace and wrecks the public order, polluting the ...

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