Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Norman Cantor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Sat, 18 May 2013 09:51:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A ray of light in Israeli Arab-Jewish relations? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-ray-of-light-in-israeli-arab-jewish-relations/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-ray-of-light-in-israeli-arab-jewish-relations/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:50:59 +0000 Norman Cantor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=109348 Frictions, suspicions, and hostile incidents involving Arab-Jewish relations are all too common in Israel. Betar Jerusalem soccer fans are notorious for their racist opposition to any Arab or Muslim connection to their team as expressed not only by racist chants and demonstrations at Betar games, but by assaults on Arab workers and even an effort [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-ray-of-light-in-israeli-arab-jewish-relations/feed/ 6 Confession of an Obama voter living in Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/confession-of-an-obama-voter-living-in-israel/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/confession-of-an-obama-voter-living-in-israel/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:40:54 +0000 Norman Cantor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=78968 I am one of the few American residents of Israel (estimated at 15% of Americans voting from Israel) who supported Barack Obama’s reelection. Some Israeli friends gape incredulously when I admit my support for Obama. For a common Israeli perspective is that President Obama has undermined Israeli interests by abetting the rise of Muslim fundamentalism [...]

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