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Ed Rettig

Ed Rettig is director of the American Jewish Committee's Jerusalem Office

May 5, 2013
1:21 pm

The Arab Peace Initiative: Why the Lukewarm Response?

Like a couple of aged swimmers afraid of the cold water, Israel and the PA warily dipped their toes in the renewal of the Arab Peace Initiative......

April 16, 2013
3:06 pm

Natural gas: Handle with care

Israel has begun to receive natural gas from the Tamar field in the Mediterranean. This good news should come with a huge “handle with care” sign. On the positive, the......

March 30, 2013
11:48 pm

One thing this government could actually do

Israelis needed this Passover vacation. Within a few days their leaders established a government without Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, welcomed the president of the United States, engaged in a reconciliation......

March 6, 2013
11:47 pm

Coalition Quandary

As I write, the Israeli coalition talks are still going on. To follow the Israeli media is to ride a roller coaster of reports. The negotiations are either on......

February 27, 2013
8:33 pm

Ruth Paz: an American Israeli whose life was her prophecy

A couple of weeks ago a large crowd gathered at Kibbutz Kissufim for the funeral of Ruth Paz, a founder and three times kibbutz secretary. Her life story personified......

February 15, 2013
3:05 pm

Ethiopian Jews and the IDF

A news item last week called attention to a painful Israeli social problem. Israel’s 125,000-strong Ethiopian Jewish community has about 5,600 of its sons and daughters serving in the......

January 20, 2013
11:04 am

Did Likud get lost in its own fog?

Though it is poised to remain the largest party in the Knesset and Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly have the first crack at forming the next coalition, this election......

January 2, 2013
8:01 am

The national unity government scenario

In an early December briefing for the American Jewish Committee noted: “In Israeli politics two months is a very long time, and almost anything can happen.” I should have deleted......

October 4, 2012
12:02 am

The rising cost of ‘Price Tag’ terrorism

“Price Tag” is a brand name used by a loosely organized group, largely based in the West Bank settlements, that practices political violence. Its members have attacked ...

September 12, 2012
12:55 am

No-win in Syria

Israel's strategists may be forgiven for lamenting the Jewish year past. New dangers arose while old dangers did not recede. Syria is perhaps the most visible symptom of a......

August 29, 2012
2:08 am

Israel’s Morsi conundrum

President Morsi of Egypt scares Israelis. His election, and the rapid consolidation of power in the hands of his Muslim Brotherhood, culminates a year and a half of revolution.......

July 31, 2012
5:39 pm

Who is a refugee?

Will we ever have peace with the Palestinians? Israeli public debate is largely divided between those who have given up and those who will never give up. MK Einat......

July 18, 2012
3:32 pm

Using Israel’s geostrategic advantage

Public announcement of a joint Israeli-Chinese plan to construct a rail link between Eilat and Ashdod ports carefully avoided mentioning Egypt, but the connection is inescapable.......

June 4, 2012
5:04 am

Pyrrhic victory for non-Orthodox Judaism

The Israeli and American non-Orthodox movements took a victory lap following the decision by Israel’s Attorney General requiring rural municipalities to fund the salaries of non-Orthodox rabbis of......

May 30, 2012
8:46 am

Illicit migration — a wakeup call Israel must heed

Last week's anti-migrant riot in South Tel Aviv was a wakeup call to begin a serious public discussion of Israel's handling of the influx of illicit migrants. For......

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