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I have a confession to make. For some time I have watched and admired the rise of the Sephardic Jewish party Shas. I[…]

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For more than a year, my brother Jonathan and I have had a running disagreement over the viability of declaring a Palestinian state.[…]

In the midst of hard negotiations about peace in the Middle East, an important factor is often ignored. The human factor. For example,[…]

Newsprint and airwaves are filled with suggestions that the two issues that might make or break the Camp David summit are Jerusalem and[…]