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		<title>Challenging Questions for Israel&apos;s Future</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=181</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I arrived in Israel yesterday to participate in the Facing Tomorrow conference, which is being...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Israel Celebrates 60 Years of Independence</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Israel celebrates 60 years of independence.  And, there is much to celebrate: a...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>The Long Road to Peace</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=179</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Passover in Israel is a quiet time. Much of the country closes down for 10 days to celebrate the...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Grappling with Israel&apos;s Religious Monopoly This Passover</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passover is later than usual this year!  The baseball season has started, cherry blossoms in...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Israel on the World Stage</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=177</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two programs that I attended last week in Israel highlighted the country&amp;rsquo;s emergence as a...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Durbin II</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=176</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of whom one supports in the US presidential election, Senator Obama&amp;rsquo;s emphatic...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Two Visitors</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=173</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington is a foreign policy wonk&amp;rsquo;s dream. Interesting and well-informed visitors pass...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Who should be classified as anti-Israel?</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=172</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Who should be classified as anti-Israel? 
Do the veteran Israeli soldiers who formed Breaking the...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Israel and the Diaspora</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=171</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of NIF&amp;rsquo;s Board meeting program last week in Washington, we screened a new...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Two Different Realities</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=170</link>
		<description><![CDATA[&amp;ldquo;Life goes on,&amp;rdquo; I consoled my hysterical young sons, who had just watched their...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Two Sensitive Issues</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=169</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, two sensitive issues were addressed, one by Israeli Attorney General Mazuz and the...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Trips</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=168</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, two groups of Diaspora Jews visited Israel to learn more about the country. Although...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Laying the Groundwork for Peace</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=167</link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Bush leaves today for a week-long trip to the Middle East, including his first to Israel...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Israel&apos;s Communities</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=161</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, my havurah, Fabrangen, celebrated its 36th anniversary. Havurah, in our lexicon,...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Equal Treatment For All Israelis</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=160</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week, the Israeli High Court issued a far-reaching injunction in response to a petition...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>An Israeli Constitution</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=159</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the drafting of a constitution for Israel was the subject of much discussion in the...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>An Ideal Not Yet Achieved</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=158</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday&amp;rsquo;s full-day symposium in New York marked the half-way point for NIF&amp;rsquo;s 2007...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Israel and the UN</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=156</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two months ago, SHATIL, NIF&amp;rsquo;s training and empowerment center, was awarded consultative...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Confronting Israel&apos;s Flaws</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=151</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The romantic vision of Israel as a political and social paradise has long faded. External threats,...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>The Case For Palestinian Elections</title>
		<link>http://nifblog.kesem.net/index.cfm?CommentID=150</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On their recent tour through the Middle East, Secretaries Rice and Gates sought to strengthen United...]]></description>
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		<author>~larry@nif.org (Larry Garber)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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