Kibbutz Yasur Journal: The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity
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Israelâs kibbutzim are once again thriving, attracting new members with a mellower version of collective living.
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The events of the past few days in the Gaza Strip underscore a trend that began some time ago. The fifth year of the conflict, which begins this week, is, at least in the meantime, the year of disengagement.
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Israel's Six Day War offered American Jews a refuge from the social traumas of the 1960s. How the conflict reshaped the community.
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What is left of this interesting and repulsive week after the dust settles is not the lies, the ostensibly sudden betrayals, the payments to the ultra-Orthodox, the sleazy style, or even Ehud Barak&#39;s horror show or Shimon Peres&#39; maneuvers.
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Could the kibbutz, the cooperative Israeli settlements founded nearly a century ago as utopian farming villages, pose a business opportunity for American lawyers?
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BAZARAK, AfghanistanLike virtually every adult in this Panjshir Valley village, Rahmal Beg registered to vote weeks ago. Indeed, popular enthusiasm is so high for the Oct. 9 presidential election -- the first in Afghan history -- that thousands of people in the valley have reportedly...
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MAS-HA, West Bank -- From the Zeituna Restaurant to the Basel Furniture store, business once thrived along the road that runs through this Palestinian village, conducted in a language no longer spoken here.
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A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in Gaza.
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The Palestinians have taken a double hit this week with the news that Washington has quietly softened its opposition to growth in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Israel&#39;s announcement of plans to build 530 new settler homes in the
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Comment is free: Naomi Klein: Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians.
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The primary race could herald a political shake-up of Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs ruling coalition.
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"Socialists win power but Popular Party strongest in votes after landslide in Madrid."  Spain's ruling Socialists and opposition conservatives both claimed victory in weekend local elections that were seen as primaries for next year's general elections. via The China Post
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Two reports released Tuesday show that poverty has steadily worsened in Israel and risen significantly in the Palestinian territories since fighting erupted four years ago
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The radical Hamas movement made a surprisingly strong showing in local Palestinian elections, according to preliminary results obtained Friday, signaling a drop in
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THE price that Meir Rotenstein has paid for breaking ranks with his neighbours and cheering on Ariel Sharonâs plan to pull Israelis out of Gaza has been high.
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BIROBIDZHAN, Russia  - The tractor plant in this curious Russian outpost once made machinery to work the land settled by Jewish immigrants under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
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Preliminary election results from the West Bank indicate the mainstream Fatah faction is leading in the first Palestinian municipal elections since 1976 despite a strong showing by the militant Islamic group Hamas.