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Joint URJ-CCAR statement on 'Upgraded Palestinian Status at the United Nations'

Year Adopted:

2012

Background On November 29, 2012, the U.N. General Assembly voted 138-9 to recognize Palestine as a "non-member observer state," with 41 abstentions. This change was opposed by Israel, the United States and Canada, among others, which rightly held that any steps toward Palestinian statehood must come through direct peace negotiations...

Hiddush Releases Annual Israel State and Religion Index

October 5, 2011

News coverage about Israel over the past few months has focused mostly on foreign policy: the Arab Spring, Iran's growing nuclear program, the crumbling diplomatic relationship between Israel and Turkey, and most recently, the possibility of a vote for...

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Olmert's 'Ignorance' Blamed for Attackon Reform Jewish Movement, Yoffie Says

January 9, 2001

The leader of North America's Reform Jewish Movement today expressed disbelief at Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert's statements that the largest branch of American Jewry is "an insignificant minority that is meaningless when it comes to Jerusalem."

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Reflections on the Life of Yitzhak Rabin

November 6, 1995

...That foul deed, that cowardly, murderous assassination, undermines none of what Yitzhak Rabin taught us. It merely proves the truth of his avowal that there is no road back.

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