Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Robert Pines http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Importing diamonds, exporting ethics http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/importing-diamonds-exporting-ethics/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/importing-diamonds-exporting-ethics/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:45:09 +0000 Robert Pines http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=93306 Despite Israel’s difficult relationship with the United Nations, successive governments in Jerusalem have a history of working with the world body in support of global causes. A recent resolution on “Entrepreneurship for Development,” sponsored by Israel’s mission to the UN, exemplifies the latest in Jerusalem’s desire to actively engage the international community as a willing [...]

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