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Blogging the War: Double Standards

August 2, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Tuesday, August 1, 2006. The link is here.Will Qana tragedy be the turning point for the war?   If there were ever a need to provide further fuel for America’s favorite diplomatic past-time, France-bashing, the French Foreign Minister served it up it in spades on Monday. Speaking during […]

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Blogging the War: Battle with Hezbollah a “War Game” for U.S.?

July 31, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Sunday, July 30, 2006. The link is here.Does the war in the north serve U.S. strategic goals?   Why is the U.S. giving Israel so much leeway in its war against Hezbollah? Why hasn’t Condoleezza Rice been pressing for a ceasefire sooner than today’s call, which only followed […]

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Blogging the War: Camping…with Katyushas

July 28, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Thursday, July 27, 2006. The link is here. Does living a normal life including sending your child closer to the border? For weeks, 12-year-old Merav has been buzzing about summer camp. On Friday, she heads off for her first overnight camping experience – two weeks at the “Kayitz […]

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Blogging the War: Naming the War

July 26, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. The link is here.Is it too early to give the war in the north a formal name?     What should we call this war? Thus far, we’ve been using fairly generic names, like the “War with Hezbollah” or the “War in the North.” […]

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Blogging the War: War Puts Jerusalem Back on Cultural Map

July 24, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Sunday, July 23, 2006. The link is here.    After years of languishing as a national pariah, Jerusalem is suddenly packing in the tourists. The War with Hezbollah is, in a paradoxically twisted way, turning out to be one of the best things to happen to Jerusalem tourism […]

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Blogging the War: Solidarity in Time of War

July 23, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Friday, July 21, 2006. The link is here.     While tourists are leaving, Lois and Larry Frank head to Haifa.   At a time when so many others are canceling their trips, and when many immigrants already in Israel are being urged by family to “return home,” […]

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Blogging the War: Time for Diplomacy?

July 21, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Thursday, July 20, 2006. The link is here. When is the time right for diplomacy vs. ripe for war? The announcement on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was coming to the region as early as this coming Sunday was quickly qualified as being “premature.” The […]

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Blogging the War: An Existential War

July 20, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Thursday, July 20, 2006. The link is here.    The war with Hezbollah is one that Israel cannot afford to lose. As war enters its eighth day and the north of Israel continues to be pounded by Hezbollah missiles, while Haifa braces for further attempts at hitting the […]

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Blogging the War: Still Life, With Missiles

July 19, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Wednesday, July 18, 2006. The link is here.How Israelis go on with “normal” life while war rages all around them   It’s been almost three years since I started writing “This Normal Life.” The goal when I launched the blog in August 2003 was to describe how Israelis […]

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Blogging the War: Tourism Hit, Not Decimated

July 19, 2006

This article was posted on Jewish.com on Tuesday, July 17, 2006. The link is here.    Hotels and beds and breakfasts across the north of Israel are empty and Macaulay Culkin and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis, have left Israel, but many tourists, campers and birthright groups are remaining in Israel despite the war raging across […]

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