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Expulsion!

A new poll finds that 48% of Israeli Jews believe that, under certain defined circumstances, Palestinians ought to be expelled from Israel.

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The Sexist Skewering of Stav Shaffir: Salacious Satire or Simple Scumbaggery

A dumb-ass satire of MK Stav Shaffir on the Jewish Heritage TV channel struck some on the left as sexual harassment, leading some on the right to cry “double-standard.”

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Rattling Skeletons in Knesset Closets

A new project called “100 Days of Transparency” uses drones and private investigators to uncover putative politician wrongdoing. Is this the sort of transparency we want and need?

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Death by Facebook?

A discussion on whether Facebook bears some responsibility for the continuing epidemic of stabbings, by bringing persuasive, murderous messages to the mobile phones of Palestinian teens.

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Now it’s our turn

A discussion of “Tor HaZahav” (“The Golden Age”), a new political movement that seeks to undo what it sees as 135 years of Ashkenazi hegemony.

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Our grief and theirs

Pundits, politicians, and plain folks are enraged at those who express sympathy for the parents of slain terrorists.

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Trump ♥ Israel?

Donald Trump recently made the very un-Republican assertion that the US President needs to be neutral about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Cyber fodder

A new school program is tracking Israeli nine-year-olds towards careers in the army’s cyber intelligence units.

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There’s something about Miri

Apparently Miri Regev, Likud’s outspoken Minister of Culture & Sport, considered joining the Labor Party just eight years ago.

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Girls with scissors

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot said that “I would not want a soldier to unload an entire clip into a girl who is holding scissors.”

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