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	<title>Tikkun Daily Blog &#187; Israel</title>
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		<title>Jeff Pozmantier: Pro-Israel: What Happened When Supporters Of AIPAC, J Street, AJC And The ADL (And All Points In Between) Were Invited To Meet</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/02/06/pro-israel-what-happened-when-supporters-of-aipac-j-street-ajc-and-the-adl-and-all-points-in-between-were-invited-to-meetn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Pozmantier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m naive. But not a Thomas Friedman &#8220;America can have a successful third party&#8221; naive. His naivete played out on his much larger world stage. Mine has stayed more localized. It didn&#8217;t drive my non-existent book sales. Last July, the well known New York Times columnist was in between his various saving the world assignments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ralph Seliger: Iran &amp; the Myth of Israel as Superpower</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/26/iran-the-myth-of-israel-as-superpower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/26/iran-the-myth-of-israel-as-superpower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Seliger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's no question that Israel is vulnerable to attack, and unlike Iranians, Israeli Jews have a living memory of being subject to genocide. ... Israel has about 1/10 the population of Iran and a little over one percent of Iran's land mass.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Craig Wiesner: Hansel and Gretel and Israel/Palestine</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/25/hansel-and-gretel-and-israelpalestine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/25/hansel-and-gretel-and-israelpalestine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Wiesner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics & Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War & Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embracing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holocaust]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=29134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Children have been told horror stories for as long as storytelling has existed. Should a child become traumatized hearing a story like Hansel and Gretel, where the witch plans to throw the children into the oven to make a nice meal, parents can tell the child not to worry, &#8220;That&#8217;s just a fairy tale. Things [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sam Kestenbaum: Stories on the Wall: Refugees in Ramallah</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/25/stories-on-the-wall-refugees-in-ramallah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/25/stories-on-the-wall-refugees-in-ramallah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Kestenbaum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War & Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=29117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Outside of my apartment is a small, crowded neighborhood called Qaddura. Mostly refugees live here. It&#8217;s not officially recognized as a refugee camp by the United Nations &#8211; which means it doesn&#8217;t receive direct financial support from the organization &#8211; but it still feels like one. The streets are narrow and the walls of buildings [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ralph Seliger: Whither Israel’s Social Justice Movement &amp; Peace?</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/13/whither-israel%e2%80%99s-social-justice-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/13/whither-israel%e2%80%99s-social-justice-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Seliger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics & Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy--Wealth & Poverty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab Spring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent opinion polls consistently show a majority of Israelis optimistic about their lives and satisfied with the direction of the country, despite their massive support for last summer's social protests.]]></description>
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		<title>David Harris-Gershon: Israeli Police [Illegally] Detain 7-Year-Old Child, Interrogate Him Without a Parent or Adult for Hours</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/04/israeli-police-illegally-detain-7-year-old-child-interrogate-him-without-a-parent-or-adult-for-hours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/04/israeli-police-illegally-detain-7-year-old-child-interrogate-him-without-a-parent-or-adult-for-hours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Harris-Gershon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War & Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=28713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The story comes from Jerusalem, a city with a mayor, Nir Barkat, who has allowed (to reference Mayor Bloomberg) his own personal army to routinely and illegally suppress the rights of Palestinian citizens with impunity.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jeff Pozmantier: All The News That&#8217;s Not So Fit To Ignore: A Hamas Leader Rejects Tactical Violence, Israeli Foreign Ministry Rejects Tactical Peace, Ultra-Orthodox Sect Rejects Israeli Ideals, And Mossad Chiefs Reject Idea Of An Iranian Nuclear Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/04/all-the-news-thats-not-so-fit-to-ignore-a-hamas-leader-rejects-tactical-violence-israeli-foreign-ministry-rejects-tactical-peace-ultra-orthodox-sect-rejects-israeli-ideals-and-mossad-chiefs-reje/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/04/all-the-news-thats-not-so-fit-to-ignore-a-hamas-leader-rejects-tactical-violence-israeli-foreign-ministry-rejects-tactical-peace-ultra-orthodox-sect-rejects-israeli-ideals-and-mossad-chiefs-reje/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Pozmantier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What could explain the cone of silence when Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal announced that Hamas had decided to switch tactics and accept peaceful means to end its struggle with Israel? Meshaal even accepted the idea of using the 1967 borders as the basis for a Palestinian state. Yet he was ignored and the offer was called unserious.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jeff Pozmantier: The Christians United For Israel-Tom Friedman-Obama Controversies And The Real Reason The Oil For The Menorah Only Lasted For Eight Days</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/27/the-christians-united-for-israel-tom-friedman-obama-controversies-and-the-real-reason-the-oil-for-the-menorah-only-lasted-for-eight-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/27/the-christians-united-for-israel-tom-friedman-obama-controversies-and-the-real-reason-the-oil-for-the-menorah-only-lasted-for-eight-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Pozmantier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Israeli threat. She acts and critics attack. Supporters defend. It is a &#8220;Rinse, Wash, Repeat&#8221; haiku that works in whatever sequence you want to place your emphasis, especially if you don&#8217;t care whether you violate the rules of haiku or the rules of stasis.But Israel and its difficulties can&#8217;t be condensed to simple English [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>David Harris-Gershon: Young Girl Spit Upon, Terrorized by Ultra-Orthodox Men Sparks Rally of Thousands Against Religious Extremism in Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/27/immodest-8-year-old-girl-spit-upon-terrorized-by-ultra-orthodox-men-sparks-rally-of-thousands-against-religious-extremism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/27/immodest-8-year-old-girl-spit-upon-terrorized-by-ultra-orthodox-men-sparks-rally-of-thousands-against-religious-extremism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Harris-Gershon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender and Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beit shemesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender segregation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[na'ama margolis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, secular citizens and municipal authorities alike have turned a blind eye as ultra-Orthodox extremists &#8211; mirroring the Taliban &#8211; have imposed strict gender segregation and modesty rules in public spaces in Israel, forcing women off of sidewalks, banishing them to the back of buses and assaulting those who dare show tiny amounts of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jacob Wheeler: Running Across Palestine to Support Olive Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/22/running-across-palestine-to-support-olive-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/12/22/running-across-palestine-to-support-olive-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=28475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow journalist Aaron Dennis and I will travel to the West Bank in February to document the &#8220;Run Across Palestine&#8221; &#8211; a 129-mile run over five days between Hebron and Jenin that seeks to raise awareness about the everyday struggles facing olive farmers in Palestine. Inspired by Tikkun&#8216;s mission to &#8220;build bridges between religious and [...]]]></description>
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