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- Visitors to the famous Carmel Forest Spa Resort restaurant are wont to rave about the restaurant's many culinary delights, such as crispy tuna in teriyaki sauce (pictured), chicken stew with fennel and saffron, spring rolls, million dollar salads, and delicate date rolls.
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- Does Abbas have any right to be surprised by the backlash and outrage that his conciliatory interview to Israeli media inspired among Palestinian?
After all, he himself is at least "partially responsible for the fact that Palestinians have been radicalized to a point where they see any talk of compromise with Israel as an act of 'high treason.'" Read more JPost exclusive analysis, here: http://bit.ly/JPost1030 - Breaking News:
- [WATCH] Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו meets with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss the Microsoft-Israel technology development partnership, highlighting Israel's importance in the hi-tech industry.
- While most talk of sanctions is directed at Iran, Balad MK Jamal Zahalka has called on the international community to sanction Israel. Zahalka argues the Likud-Beytenu merger signals the mainstreaming and normalization of Liberman's right-wing "extremism," and that this "lunge to the right" can only be mitigated by sanctions.
Read more on why Zahalka thinks Israel needs to be internationally ostracized, here: - Weighing her political comeback, Tzipi Livni - ציפי לבני is taking an idealistic stance and claiming that she'll only return to to politics if she can "bring about a major change."
Do you believe a Livni-comeback could shake up the Israeli political scene for the better? - A group of American Taglit-Birthright Israel participants have found refuge in Israel - not from persecution and anti-Semitism, but from Hurricane Sandy. Read, here:
- US presidential elections: Romney and Obama crisscross the country making direct appeals for votes as polls put the race at a virtual dead heat less than 48 hours before Election Day.
- Although it doesn’t sound very kosher, scientists at Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have used pig tissue to rehabilitate damaged scar tissue in heart attack patients. Read more, here:
- Today's JPost editorial examines the many faces of Ukrainian anti-Semitism, which has expressed itself in acts of vandalism, murder and assault against Jews; through anti-Semitic nationalist movements; in nostalgia and sympathy for Nazism; and the attempt to erect a hotel over the memorial site for the Babi Yar massacre. Read more, here:
- JPost photo of the day: Israeli soldiers walk near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights. Yesterday, three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights to attack Syrian rebels. Following the breach, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz visited the border region on Sunday and warned army forces that "the Syrian affair could turn into our affair."
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Investigative program reveals rift between Israel's political and military echelons when, in 2010, Netanyahu and Barak were rebuffed by Ashkenazi and Dagan over the Iranian nuclear issue.- With fall in full swing, try this Jewish spin on the season's classic apple desserts, the apple kugel. Recipe, here: http://bit.ly/JPost1025
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With the threat of an Iran-war looming, the Institute for National Security Studies has launched a "war game" to simulate the potential consequences of an Iran strike and the regional war that would likely break out afterwards.
Read here for an in-depth view of the projected consequences:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Is Austria using its platform of neutrality to circumvent Iran sanctions?
The director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's international relations has described Austria as "behaving today with proactive neutrality like Switzerland during World War II... serving the devil and working both sides of the fence.” More on accusations against Austria of sabotaging Iranian sanctions, here:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Amid a series of Israeli reactions both questioning and praising Abbas's recent pro-peace comments, Netanyahu has responded to the Palestinian leader by challenging him to prove his sincerity and return to the negotiation table.
Do you think Abbas's comments are sincere or do you find it suspect that he gave his pro-peace interview exactly as Israeli election season heats up?- Hitting the beach, Bibi style.
These sandals are currently being sold as anti-Netanyahu political merchandising by a group identifying with the social justice movement. One of the group's slogans is, "We step on them [politicians] back." The writing on the sandals translates into "flipflops of protest."
(Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)![Photo: Hitting the beach, Bibi style.
These sandals are currently being sold as anti-Netanyahu political merchandising by a group identifying with the social justice movement. One of the group's slogans is, "We step on them [politicians] back." The writing on the sandals translates into "flipflops of protest."
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US presidential race: Rivals campaign intensely in "swing states" trying to win voters from the other side.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Two illnesses threaten to plague Israeli democracy: Territory-itis and tribal-itis. Read here for an elaboration on the symptoms accompanying the two maladies, and how Israel stands to weather them:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Diplomacy: Netanyahu's office says Abbas's offer to negotiate does not match his deeds, while President Peres calls him a partner for peace.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Analysis: What makes President Obama the favorite among American Jews, while Israeli Jews tend to gravitate in spades towards Romney?The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Breaking News: Syrian moves along Golan violate ceasefire with Israel.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Regarding the "October surprise" that pundits, spectators and commentators had been waiting for in the US presidential race, "what the Middle East failed to provide, Mother Nature compensated for." Read here for exclusive analysis on how Hurricane Sandy is factoring into the US presidential election:- JPost photo of the day: Christian worshippers hold candles during mass inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City
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Are Abbas's comments aimed at influencing the Israeli electorate ahead of January 22 polls?- JPost pre-state history photo of the week: The German Emperor Wilhelm II visits the Holy Land in 1898 . Pictured here: The welcome arch constructed by Jerusalem's Jews in honor of the emperor
For more photos and a complete account of the historic visit, read here: http://bit.ly/JPost1017
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This week in the world of Jewish gossip, Jewish celebrities tweet their reactions to Hurricane Sandy, Sarah Silverman discusses the rabbi who denounced her with Jay Leno, and a Purim joke crops up on the Halloween episode of the hit show, New Girl. More, here:- 'The Jerusalem Post' wishes you a Shabbat shalom!
Pictured here: A man walks on the shore of the Kineret (Sea of Galilee) during sunset near Tiberias (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
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Jerusalem activists are fighting back against what they say is a corrupt Kashrut certification system by Israel's Chief Rabbinate. How? By compiling a list of “Kosher with No Certification” restaurants that identify themselves as kosher although without official certification from the Rabbinate.
READ here:- Looking for something to do this week in Israel? How about checking out an exhibition of papercutting art (pictured) that focuses on The Song of Songs in Jerusalem.
For more suggestions, click here: http://bit.ly/JPost1015
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Exclusive: 'Post' poll shows the merger between Likud and Yisrael Beytenu sends four seats from the Right to Labor.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
While Romney has indicated that he would engage with Iran in a way that more closely resembles the desired Israeli approach, would a first-term Romney logistically be able military stop Iran before Tehran reaches the "red line" of nuclear capability?
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US Supreme Court justices, Iran and the economy - Alan Dershowitz tells you exactly why he prefers Obama over Romney in these three vital areas and why you should too.
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Exclusive: White House chief of staff touts strong US-Israel ties in interview with 'Post.'- JPost photo of the day: Australians wearing World War One fatigues ride horses during a re-enactment of the Battle of Beersheva. The re-enactment marked the 95th anniversary of the historic battle, which was part of an offensive waged by Br...itish army to capture the Holy Land during World War One. The charge of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade - the subject of re-enactment - was one of the most notable events of the battle. Thirty-five riders, some of them descendants of soldiers who took part in the battle, took part.See More
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Iranian threat: Deputy chief of Iranian armed forces warns that an Israeli strike on Tehran could lead to the annihilation of the Jewish state.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
[OPINION] Yair Lapid may be a political new comer, but unlike veteran politicians Netanyahu and Yacimovich, he is one of the only candidates this election season to clearly state "positions of principle on foreign policy and security, healthcare, the haredi draft, education, welfare, civil marriage and other issues that cannot continue to be swept under the carpet in the name of political expedience."
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[WATCH] Israelis tell you who would prefer to see win the US presidential election.- An illustrated guide on how not to court Jewish voters. (John Kron)
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Would a fewer party system improve the health of Israeli democracy?
Danny Ayalon has urged that Israel should adopt a fewer party-system that more closely mirrors the US's as this would "streamline" Israeli democracy to better represent the interests of the majority.The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Is the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in jeopardy?
An Egyptian court has meanwhile dismissed a lawsuit calling for the 1978 Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel to be annulled, but the lawsuit represents only one case in a series of recent challenges to the treaty. More, here:- ATTN Americans in Israel (and any one else glued to the US presidential race): The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com and the Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel (AACI) are teaming up to host an election "night" event in Jerusalem.
Join us for live elections results, professional analysis and lively discussion and debate. Don't miss out!
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Is Netanyahu leading the Likud to a Kadima-like fall?
In his JPost op-ed, Daniel Tauber, a candidate on the Likud Knesset list, warns that recent moves made by Likud leadership could be "diluting the party’s moral strength" by distancing t...he Likud from its hard-line Jabotinsky-heritage. While Netanyahu's embrace of the two-state solution and the Likud-Beytenu merger may be pragmatic moves necessary for staying in power, voters might see them as abandonment of core Likud principles and ideology. More, here:See MoreThe Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
One of the Likud's founding members, 82 year-old Zalman Shoval, said recently: “Whoever is elected in the US presidential election will be Israel’s ally. Our interests are so close that personal chemistry is less important.”
Regarding the maintenance of the Israel-US alliance, how much importance do you place on which candidate wins the election?The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
2013 Election: Could a party headed by Livni and Olmert present an alternative to Netanyahu and Liberman's right-wing bloc?The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
While recent discussion on Jews in Israel and the Diaspora often highlights on the differences between these two groups, prominent French-Jewish intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has united the Jewish people as one group by declaring that both Israeli and Diaspora Jews are under threat of the same attack: Anti-Semitism in the guise of anti-Zionism.
Read more of Levy's stark description of modern day anti-Semitism, here:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
Is the Deutsche Bank violating international sanctions against Iran?- JPost photo of the day: Ready, set, go: Runners line up at the beginning of Tel Aviv's annual night run.
(Photo: Ronnen Toppleberg)
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Security and Defense: Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel will not outsource its vital security interests to anyone, "not even to our closes and most trusted allies."The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com shared a link.
The ancient art of basket weaving was nearly extinct in the Galilee, until the Sindyanna of Galilee Fair Trade initiative brought it back, reviving the local economy and empowering Arab women to generate independent incomes and support their families.
Read more about this growing project, here: http://bit.ly/JPost999
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