ON APRIL 14, 2004, Israeli PM Ariel Sharon sent a letter to US President George W. Bush announcing his decision to freeze the “Road Map” and undertake, instead, a unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli public read the…
The Dovrat Report: Populism and Elitism Will Not Mix
In the middle of May, Education Minister Limor Livnat announced a major overhaul in Israeli Education. She published a preliminary “National Program for Education,” an ambitious 123-page proposal developed in a committee headed by high-tech executive Shlomo Dovrat. This “Dovrat…
The Worker through History
ON Sunday July 4, 2004, the Baqa Center and WAC (Workers Advice Center) concluded their educational year, as always, with a week-long summer camp. Its theme was “The Place of Labor in the Development of Civilization.” The camp included 100…
The Second Intifada: From Camp David to Chaos
Introduction The period of the second Intifada has been the most traumatic for the Palestinians since 1948. Today, as then, there is a question as to whether they can survive as a unified people on their land. Yet there is…
Spreading the Stain: Anti-Zionism or Anti-Semitism
IN late July, responding to anti-Semitic incidents in France, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called on French Jews to immigrate. French president Jacques Chirac responded by informing Sharon he was persona non grata in Paris. Manifestations of anti-Semitism have indeed been on…