http://dir.salon.com/topics/jerusalem/?source=rss&aim=jerusalem en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/index.html?source=rss Are Israeli politicians increasingly beholden to conservative Americans who lavish them with financial support and political pressure? By Aluf Benn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/24/obama_in_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/24/obama_in_israel/index.html?source=rss He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country? By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/02/obama_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/02/obama_israel/index.html?source=rss He's facing nervous Jewish voters in Florida, attacks by Joe Lieberman and smear tactics in a political war that threatens his campaign. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/13/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/13/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss A new coalition of religious hard-liners with ties to President Bush seeks to scuttle any plans for dividing Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians. By Aluf Benn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/26/two_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/26/two_state/index.html?source=rss President Bush's peace summit for Israelis and Palestinians ignores a painful truth -- one that we are already living in the Middle East. By Aluf Benn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/20/gaza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/20/gaza/index.html?source=rss Bush and Olmert scramble to prop up Abbas, but the Hamas takeover boosts Iran and leaves hopes for a Palestinian state in tatters. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/16/aipac/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/16/aipac/index.html?source=rss AIPAC's three-day summit included fiery evangelical oratory, adoration for Dick Cheney -- and new plans for going after Iran. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/15/israel_despair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/15/israel_despair/index.html?source=rss Top Israeli officials admit last summer's war against Hezbollah was a failure -- and denounce President Bush's actions in the Middle East. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss Tensions are rising between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens -- and could affect the chances for peace, or wider war, in the Middle East. By Eric Boehlert Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/01/wall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/01/wall/index.html?source=rss Israel is spending $1 billion on a structure to seal itself off from the West Bank. But the question of what to call it provokes an explosive debate. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/11/13/earle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/11/13/earle/index.html?source=rss The radical country rocker and composer of "John Walker's Blues" blasts the war on Iraq, denounces the death penalty and explains why ex-druggies believe in God. By Mark J. Miller Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/08/29/earle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/08/29/earle/index.html?source=rss Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die. By Ferry Biedermann Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/08/24/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/08/24/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss More than 200,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem and share many of Israel's freedoms. But the arrest of a Hamas cell there has exposed a deep, angry divide. By Janelle Brown Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/12/12/doc_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/12/12/doc_review/index.html?source=rss "Promises," a documentary about children growing up in the middle of the Arab-Israeli conflict, reveals early lessons in hatred and a grim absence of optimism. By Flore de Préneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/10/bombing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/10/bombing/index.html?source=rss Palestinian groups vie for credit for the pizza-restaurant blast that left hundreds injured. By Flore de Préneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/03/arafat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/03/arafat/index.html?source=rss Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel. By Flore de Préneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/israel/index.html?source=rss As their absentee ballots float through the airmail ether, American Jews abroad are thrilled at how significant their votes might be. By Flore de Préneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/18/unrest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/18/unrest/index.html?source=rss Palestinians and Israelis alike question the outcome of Clinton's Middle East peace summit. By Flore de Preneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/13/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/13/israel/index.html?source=rss The Israeli army responds after two soldiers are lynched in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. By Samuel G. Freedman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/03/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/03/israel/index.html?source=rss Heartsick over the bloodshed in Israel, liberal American Jews are so far paralyzed by a conflict in which Palestinians are aggressors as well as victims. By Samuel G. Freedman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/22/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/22/israel/index.html?source=rss The Jewish nation must decide who's in charge: The religion, the state or all of the above. By Flore de Preneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/22/pope/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/22/pope/index.html?source=rss Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes. By Jill Priluck Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/01/05/wiesel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/01/05/wiesel/index.html?source=rss The author of "And the Sea Is Never Full" discusses his work, the Middle East, Rwanda and his friend Primo Levi. By Flore de Preneuf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/23/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/23/jerusalem/index.html?source=rss Hordes of tourists are coming to the holy city for millennial celebrations, but a clash between Orthodox and secular Jews has created a ban on Christmas in the city's kosher hotels.