Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Anna Rose Siegel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Thu, 23 May 2013 15:29:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 African refugees ponder election results http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/as-election-fever-wanes-african-refugees-ponder-results/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/as-election-fever-wanes-african-refugees-ponder-results/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:36:54 +0000 Anna Rose Siegel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=100060 Israelis went to the polls last week in a much-discussed, much-reported national election. The resulting likely coalition between PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s party Likud Beytenu and former TV anchor Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid has many rejoicing at the prospect of a new, more moderate Knesset. Pre-elections, media discussions abounded about the positions of each main party and candidate on [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/as-election-fever-wanes-african-refugees-ponder-results/feed/ 3 Operation Pillar of Defense: Facebook under Siege http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/operation-pillar-of-defense-facebook-under-siege/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/operation-pillar-of-defense-facebook-under-siege/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:15:38 +0000 Anna Rose Siegel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=81334 This week has emotionally exhausted me!  But, it hasn’t been the missile the shook my apartment or the bomb that blew up a bus on the street where I work that have taken the real toll.  It’s been Facebook. This week, it has been impossible to send a birthday memo or chat with an old [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/operation-pillar-of-defense-facebook-under-siege/feed/ 3 Eli Yishai’s October 15 Proposal Has Nothing to Do with Immigration http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/eli-yishais-october-15-proposal-has-nothing-to-do-with-immigration/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/eli-yishais-october-15-proposal-has-nothing-to-do-with-immigration/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:50:02 +0000 Anna Rose Siegel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=71540 Israel has an unusual immigration policy that has been the subject of debate since the country’s foundation.  But, what is truly disturbing about this debate is that refugees are being drawn into it. According to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, a refugee is a person who, “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted…is outside [...]

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