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Latest blog posts from JTA Telegraph

Syria’s true face?
Ha’aretz and the Jerusalem Post have dueling editorials today on Israeli-Syrian peace talks. Both note the more conciliatory, peace-oriented tone in President Bashar Assad’s latest pronouncements, made during a visit to Damascus by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. But while Ha’aretz sees... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Reflections of an American-Israeli-Palestinian Jew
The Israeli activist who went to Gaza by boat from Cyprus, flouting Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory, wrote an account of his arrest by Israeli authorities upon his return to the Jewish state. The activist, Jeff Halper, says he was given honorary Palestinian citizenship in Gaza,... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Mughniyeh museum
Here’s what they’re teaching the kiddies in southern Lebanon: Revere terrorist masterminds. The New York Times and Ha’aretz both have stories on a new museum in Nabatiye, Lebanon, devoted to glorifying Hezbollah chief Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in February in Syria by unknown... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Candidate Ahmadinejad
The success of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election bid is not a foregone conclusion, writes Benedetta Berti in The Jerusalem Post. The Iranian president has been under fire at home for economic mismanagement, with Iran’s economy faltering and inflation at 23 percent. Backing by Iran’s... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Ramadan Roundup
Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, began on Monday, coinciding this year with the Jewish month of repentance, Elul. Both the Jewish and Muslim calendars operate on the lunar cycle, but the Jewish calendar has a leap month every three years or so to keep pace with the solar calendar used... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

In Israel, Rice does the limbo
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met in Jerusalem on Aug. 26. Visiting Israel this week, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is trying to figure out what Israel’s state of political limbo means for the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. To... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Agri fends off Obama, Iowa governor
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama jumped into the fray over Agriprocessors yesterday by slamming the company for hiring underage workers (more on that here). Coming on the eve of the DNC convention in Denver, the comment predictably got a lot of attention. But it followed a far lengthier and more... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Gaza boat escapades
Ha’aretz tells the story behind the story of the Israeli government decision not to stop two boats full of activists from thwarting Israel’s blockade of Gaza and reaching the Hamas-ruled strip. Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

The News Shticker
Beijing it aint, but the folks from Heeb have concocted a Semitic version of the Olympiad. Other videos from the series include Disconnecta Yenta, the Penny Pick-Up and Gefilte Fish Wrestling. Madonna compared John McCain to Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe, and the ADL isn’t pleased. Meanwhile,... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Strictly Commercial
Two funny-Jewy books, two funny-Jewy promotional videos. The first, featuring Daily Show reporter John Oliver, comes from Hazonik and Daily Show staff writer Rob Kutner, and is for his new book “Apocalypse How,” which Jon Stewart, in an obviously objective and impartial manner, called, “A... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago