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from melanie phillips:
The urgent damage limitation exercise mounted by the Vatican appears to have had some effect.
Yesterday’s careful statement by the Pope, in which he expressed regret for the way in which his remarks had been misinterpreted by the Muslim world, seems to have taken some of the more dangerous steam out of that reaction […]

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“You have always demonstrated solidarity and friendship with Israel,” declared Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, welcoming the American Jewish Committee Solidarity Mission to Israel.
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ajc mission hosts debate on war

from dr. eran lerman
director of the ajc israel/middle east office
On Thursday evening, tens of thousands of Israelis, from all walks of life and all shades of opinion, gathered in the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv - often the venue of dramatic and divisive events in our political history: but this was a vigil, not a […]

More than 120 AJC members and guests are participating in the AJC Solidarity Mission to Israel, September 4th through the 7th, the second mission since the Hezbollah war began in mid-July. The large delegation will meet with Israeli officials, academics and journalists in Jerusalem. They will travel to Haifa, Nahariya, and Kiryat Shemonah to visit […]

david harris, executive director ajc
op-ed in the jerusalem post
august 25, 2006
In the wake of the recent war with Hizbullah, Israel is going through a difficult but necessary process of self-examination. The questions are many, as are the lessons to be learned.
But if American Jews do nothing more than follow the process in Israel with interest, […]

lessons and consequences of the israel-hizballah war: an early assessment
featuring jeffrey white, david makovsky, and dennis ross
On August 25, 2006, Jeffrey White, David Makovsky, and Dennis Ross addressed The Washington Institute’s Special Policy Forum. Jeffrey White is the Berrie Defense Fellow at The Washington Institute and the coauthor, with Michael Eisenstadt, of the Institute […]