Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Tova Norlen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Thu, 23 May 2013 02:38:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bibi’s Double Bargain http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bibis-double-bargain-over-the-next-coalition-government-and-his-own-political-survival/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bibis-double-bargain-over-the-next-coalition-government-and-his-own-political-survival/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:58:17 +0000 Tova Norlen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=102976 Prime Minister Netanyahu may find that the outcome of the bargaining process to determine the coalition for the 33rd government has repercussions for his future political survival. I try not to predict things very often, especially in Israeli politics, but the news coming out of the latest coalition talks between Netanyahu and Naftali Bennet make [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bibis-double-bargain-over-the-next-coalition-government-and-his-own-political-survival/feed/ 2 Confused about where the Middle East is heading? I don’t blame you! http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/confused-about-the-middle-east-i-dont-blame-you/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/confused-about-the-middle-east-i-dont-blame-you/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:53:09 +0000 Tova Norlen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=78194 I don’t blame regular hardworking citizens in the US and Europe for being confused and frustrated about what is going on in the Middle East. In preparation for a small talk about the Middle East this week in Switzerland, I sat down and searched the news for a pattern, or some kind of red thread [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/egypt-election-update-whats-next-an-arab-spring-or-egyptian-winter/feed/ 4 Improving Israel’s Image: Myths, Truths, and Obstacles http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/improving-israels-image-myths-truths-and-obstacles/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/improving-israels-image-myths-truths-and-obstacles/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 10:11:23 +0000 Tova Norlen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=29852 On a recent trip to Israel, one question in particular came up over and over again: how can Israel improve its image to the rest of the world? Israeli diplomats, politicians, and academics all complained that Israel is unfairly singled out as a ‘perpetrator’ in the region, especially at a time when there are far [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/improving-israels-image-myths-truths-and-obstacles/feed/ 0 Armageddon and the Stalemate: Time as a Conflict Strategy http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/armageddon-and-the-stalemate-time-as-a-conflict-strategy/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/armageddon-and-the-stalemate-time-as-a-conflict-strategy/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:48:37 +0000 Tova Norlen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=28446 The world’s concern over the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate seems to have reached a state of fatigue. With the Iranian threat Israel has more important things to worry about and international attention has mostly turned to the developments in the Arab world. During a recent Paris panel event about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process one person in the [...]

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