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Can Reuniting Israel End the Violence – Frontpage Magazine review of The Israeli Solution


    By Daniel Greenfield     No word is more seductive to politicians than “solution.”     In an age of wealth and power when anything seems possible, politicians cannot grasp that some problems are caused by human nature and have no easy answer. Instead they tackle problems with experts, blue-ribbon committees, studies and proposals. Once the “solution” has been…

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South Africa is telling its Jewish community to scram


I was in South Africa on a lecture tour sponsored by the South African Zionist Council in 2010. I came away convinced that the South African Jewish community must leave as quickly as possible because they are in danger. My column to that effect enraged much of the Jewish leadership in the country. But I was right. And I am…

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Latma will be back


Below is the final episode of the Tribal Update, Latma’s flagship satirical newscast. We launched the show 4 years ago. During this period, we produced more than 200 shows. It is a production record without peer in Israeli television history. Over the past three years, we have been in on again, off again negotiations with Israel public television Channel 1…

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Best of the Tribal Update, part 1


After 200 episodes, the Tribal Update, Latma’s flagship satirical newscast is coming to a close. We were supposed to be broadcast on Israel TV’s Channel 1 as the station’s prime time satire show. We were approved by all the professional committees not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 times over the past two years. Time after time, they told…

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Real time simulation of the “peace talks”


This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast that Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I founded and run has produced every week for the past four years presents Flock Builder explaining why 100 percent of Israelis will support an agreement with the Palestinians. We also bring you our resident computer expert who presents a simulated model of…

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The woes of Palestinian prisoners


This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast produced by Latma, we bring you a behind the scenes look at the woes of Palestinian prisoners, and Bibi’s Plan B in the event that the upcoming round of talks with the PLO don’t bring peace. Enjoy!

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An interview with John Kerry and a Palestinian song about peace


his week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every week by Latma, he Hebrew language satirical media criticism website I founded and run, we bring you an interview with US Secretary of State John Kerry, now home from his fifth trip to Israel. We also bring you a musical reaction to Kerry’s efforts to restart peace talks between…

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