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...Jewish context” for the controversial content...
...Union of Progressive Zionists—a national network of Jewish student activists—tries to provide a progressive voice to debates about Israel. “We can’t let people who have money dictate if we’re going to talk about this,” said the network’s director Tamara Shapiro. “If we can’t talk about what’s broken, we’re not going to be able to change things and move forward...
Though Hillel is holding the exhibit in its building, the Harvard Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA)—an “associated group” of Harvard Hillel—is acting as the exhibit’s “sponsor” on campus, according to former PJA co-chair Seth R. Flaxman...
Joselow said she expects Hillel to be supportive of the Harvard chapter’s attempts to encourage dialogue within the Jewish community...
...Israeli cabinet claimed that the construction had been planned for several years and therefore did not violate the tenets of 2003 U.S.-sponsored initiative, known as the 'Road Map', in which Israel agreed to freeze construction of new Jewish settlements. "This decision pre-dates the government," said Mark Regev, the prime minister's spokesman. But a chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said Olmert's decision would undermine Washington's efforts to put the derailed negotiations back on track: "It seems to me the Israelis are determined to put a stick in the wheel of negotiations...