Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Noah Efron http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Sat, 25 May 2013 21:40:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Smart-Ass Nation http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/smart-ass-nation/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/smart-ass-nation/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 08:22:24 +0000 Noah Efron http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=124332 To his credit, Benjamin Netanyahu caught himself. On Tuesday, when journalists accompanying him on his state visit to China asked what he thought of the new taxes and budget cuts proposed by his Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, the Prime Minister let on that he would oppose them. Without delay, MK Ofir Akunis, a close ally [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/smart-ass-nation/feed/ 2 Hey Israeli left, how’s that bitter cynicism workin’ out for ya? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hey-israeli-left-hows-that-bitter-cynicism-working-out-for-ya/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hey-israeli-left-hows-that-bitter-cynicism-working-out-for-ya/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:58:34 +0000 Noah Efron http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=87752 A poll publicized in Haaretz last week found that more than half the Israelis who vote for left-leaning parties (54.4%, to be pedantic) “would leave the country if they could.” That’s twice the rate of right-wing voters. According to the survey, it is the economy, rather than politics, that accounts most for the discontent of [...]

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