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The Reporter: Orr report on police killing of Israeli Arabs still not issued in Arabic
Nine months after the publication of the Orr Commission report on the events of October 2000, when 13 Israeli Arab civilians were killed by the security forces, members of the state commission of inquiry are seeking a philanthropic donation to fund an Arabic translation of the document, The Report has learned. More...

 
Israel: The Agony of the Ecstasy
Less than a decade ago, Gonen Segev was a promising young minister in Yitzhak Rabin’s cabinet. More...

 
David Horovitz: Making Withdrawal Even Tougher
Immediately after the cabinet approved his revised plan for disengagement from Gaza, Ariel Sharon addressed thousands of visitors to Israel at a gala Birthright event in Jerusalem. More...

 
Hirsh Goodman: A Historic Decision
People are stunned that it is Ariel Sharon, of all people, who is pulling his creations up. More...

 
Ehud Ya'ari: Handle with Care
Every incident in Gaza could fuel a crisis between Cairo and Jerusalem More...

The Back Page with Pinhas Shifman: ‘It’s Religious Marriage That Creates Illegitimacy’
In early June, former chief rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron stunned a rabbinic conclave and the public by declaring that he favors ending the Orthodox state rabbinate’s sole jurisdiction over Jewish marriage and divorce in Israel. More...

Books: Two Dirty Words Shoshana Brown It’s clear why the pejorative ‘shiksa’ is offensive, but why should ‘conversion’ also be off-limits? More... The Jerusalem Report Book Review Library Book Review Index

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"I don’t want to take any of it back. Today I hugged Peres and he laughed. This is an inseperable part of the political game."

Knesset House Committee chairman Roni Bar-On (Likud), explaining his verbal attacks earlier this week on Shimon Peres, whom he called "impertinent" for criticizing various government figures.

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