Word: halevy
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This is not the first time, however, that the Shas party has been embroiled in a corruption controversy. Two Shas ministers have been convicted on corruption charges in recent years. Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies in Jerusalem, explains that some parts of the ultra-Orthodox community tend to disregard secular law, despite a tenacious adherence to the minutest detail of Jewish religious ritual. Says Halevi: "You have a kind of borderless community that in its best expressions maintains international charity efforts that are second to none. But the dark side of this...
...Halevi also said that Israelis should no longer negotiate returning any part of Jerusalem to the Palestinians because of security concerns...
...Halevi said that the right wing in Israel offered no viable alternative with its vision of colonizing Biblical Israel—a territorial goal that includes the settlements Halevi blasted last night...
...Halevi also said that some sort of resolution could be possible, but only in the distant future...
...Halevi also discussed the security fence Israel is currently building, which Israeli leaders say is needed to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers...