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The Test

09-Mar-10

Palestinian construction workers should be finding new work soon, as Bibi has authorized the construction of new apartments in the West Bank.
Is it:
a) To put Palestinian construction workers back to work
b) To house more Jews in Samaria…resuscitating the injured Zionist dream
c) To tell the Obama administration that Israel is NOT a territory of [...]

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Caine Mutiny in the West Bank

24-Nov-09

It has long been controversial for modern Orthodox Jews (or ‘dati leumi’) to serve in the IDF, because it sometimes means that they have to do things that they are not only politically opposed to, but religiously as well. We really saw this in 2005 at Gush Katif and the dismantling of other settlements in [...]

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Netanyahu Under Siege Part One

29-Aug-09

While certain pundits, including Jerusalem Post columnist Isi Leibler tend to assume that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s support is as strong as ever, we at OneJerusalem have a somewhat different angle on the situation. While what Leibler writes may be true in the eyes of the public, the truth is that, within his governing coalition, [...]