Arno Rosenfeld

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Nov 28, 2012, 3:03 PM

How Abbas’ UN bid could promote non-violence

With Hamas growing in popularity, as this May rally in Ramallah demonstrates, Abbas needs a nonviolent victory for his people (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90).

A successful statehood bid could allow unpopular Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas enough credit to ward off Hamas' increasing popularity among Palestinians and empower him enough to make concessions in peace negotiations. Operation Pillar of Defense strengthened Hamas. The rockets made daily life...

Nov 21, 2012, 12:46 AM

The disparity between Israel and Gaza

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Nov 19, 2012, 12:06 PM

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Nov 16, 2012, 12:34 PM

I expected to learn something from writing a book. The surprise was that I would learn even more after the book came out. When Dan Senor and I wrote “Start-Up Nation,” we were thinking of an American audience. We had...

Nov 2, 2012, 11:39 AM

Reading Israeli news

I expected to learn something from writing a book. The surprise was that I would learn even more after the book came out. When Dan Senor and I wrote “Start-Up Nation,” we were thinking of an American audience. We had...

Oct 26, 2012, 5:14 PM

American party politics

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Oct 25, 2012, 4:19 AM

If you blog it…

The above raises questions about what it means to blog for The Times of Israel. A Jewish news Twitter account post a tweet that quickly spread across Twitter claiming that Varda Epstein's highly questionable post claiming a vote for...

Oct 24, 2012, 8:43 AM

Israel & Zionism

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Sep 30, 2012, 4:01 AM

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Sep 10, 2012, 8:01 AM

From Palestinian ‘mongrels’ to Israeli ‘Nazis’, it’s what makes us happy

There's a reason Israel is so polarizing: it's complicated, and nobody's right. Fighting against "Israeli Apartheid" or a murderous and uncivilized pack of terrorists will always be easier, and according to studies, make you happier, than confronting the conflict in an...

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About Me

Arno Rosenfeld is a San Francisco native attending the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is trying to make sense of Israel in all its beauty and imperfection.