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...complicated the Obama Administration's effort to pressure Israel to freeze settlement growth and restart peace negotiations with the Palestinians. How far Netanyahu travels in Obama's direction may depend on Lieberman's willingness to go along. "Lieberman is the most talented politician on the scene today," says Yaron Ezrahi, a professor of political science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "But his kind of politics is also dangerous - to Israeli democracy and to the prospect of any kind of peace settlement with the Palestinians." (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...arced its way from the territory into Israel, and thousands more followed. Israeli leftists had always believed in "land for peace" - the idea that if Palestinians had the real estate on which to create a viable nation, they would learn to live side by side with Israel. But as Yaron Ezrahi, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, says, "In the end, we didn't get land for peace. We got land for rockets...
...complete disaster," said Yaron Brook, the executive director of the center. "Its a form of national socialism of the financial markets...This is socialism...
...Columbia swept St. Francis in a doubleheader yesterday, extending its win streak to five games—the second-longest current streak in the Ivy League. Columbia senior pitcher Maiya Chard-Yaron threw the school’s first seven-inning no-hitter on Apr. 2 in a defeat of Fairfield, and the Lions have run their record...
...eventually coax them to agreement, but the key argument may come down to cold cash: How much for each side from the U.S. government? The 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt still costs the U.S. about $5 billion in annual foreign aid. Just before Christmas, Amos Yaron, director general of the Israeli Defense Ministry, visited the Pentagon with a wish list of cruise missiles, attack helicopters, surveillance planes and missile defense hardware that Israel says it needs to feel safe in giving up the Heights. U.S. generals choked when their calculators spit out the cost: $17 billion over...