Word: jerusalem
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...University of Chicago, and taught economics there. His job is to help Netanyahu deliver Friedmanesque reforms to the still largely socialized Israeli economy: slashing spending, cutting taxes and breaking up monopolies. Netanyahu's Director of Policy Planning and Communications is David Bar-Illan, the outgoing executive editor of the Jerusalem Post. Bar-Illan, a dual U.S.-Israeli national, spent nearly all his adulthood in the U.S. He is a contributor to Commentary, the journal of the American neoconservative movement...
...invade. If Israel allows a Palestinian state to form under the leadership of a supposedly reformed terrorist, the Israelis will have a difficult border to defend, and suicide bombers, unmoved by our peace actions, will continue to pour through it. Moreover, if Israel gives up its capital of Jerusalem, it will give up the Jewish soul. And if Israel is destroyed in its own homeland, the Jewish people will be lost, worldwide. VICTORIA FEINERMAN Petach Tikva, Israel Via E-mail...
...once, they will have to abide by their side of the agreement? It takes two sides to fulfill a negotiated agreement; it's not a case of Israel unilaterally making concession after concession without receiving anything in return. This is what's upsetting Israel's negotiating partners. HARVEY KANIEL Jerusalem...
...democracy in the Middle East. In Israel the people are accountable. Leaders change; the system survives. Which of Israel's peace partners can claim the same? Egypt? Syria? Jordan? The Palestinians? Israelis dream of lasting peace. Unfortunately this quest and dream must be tempered by reality. CRAIG M. COEL Jerusalem...
...found Johanna Mcgeary's review of Karen Armstrong's Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths [BOOKS, June 3] enlightening and logical in spite of the "never-ending" religious family feud in that city. Armstrong, in her history of Jerusalem, rightly says true holiness never triumphed in the Holy City. The best solution to the dispute over which religion shall reign is a three-seat throne overseen by NATO. In addition to monitoring the government, NATO could provide peacekeeping troops that would be charged with guarding the ruins of the Temple, just in case soldiers of one religion tried to rebuild...