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An op-ed on Ynet, Israel's most popular news site, explains how to address anti-Zionism: Zionism will only cease being demonized in the politically correct corners of the West once our schools and film industry cease to demonize colonialism.

For weeks now I have been tweeting about the case of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian who is dying in an Israeli hospital as he enters the 10th week of a hunger strike.

The Republican presidential race is now a 32% to 30% statistical tie between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, in Gallup interviewing conducted wholly after Santorum's victories in the Feb. 7 nominating contests. Gallup editors review the key indicators that are likely to determine the outcome of the U.S.

Roy Choi is miming eating a Cuban sandwich while dancing to an unheard beat. It's a Tuesday afternoon and the heavily tattooed Choi-a 2010 Food & Wine Magazine Best New Chef recipient and the 41-year-old founder of Kogi BBQ, which single-handedly kicked off the explosive food truck craze in Los Angeles (and America, for that matter)-is demonstrating the vibe he wants for his new restaurant.

In a conference in Berlin on Israeli-German relations, Israeli speakers ask Germany to become the ‘true' friend that Israel needs (Berlin, GERMANY) - "No self respecting democracy in the world can accept the current wave of anti-democratic legislation in Israel," said New Israel Fund President Naomi Chazan in Berlin this weekend.

West Bank outposts spreading into Area B, in violation of Oslo Accords Filipina teen fights to join classmates on Poland Holocaust trip Four children remain in critical condition from deadly Jerusalem bus crash IDF playing a dangerous game in funding standoff U.S.

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In 2008, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz came out in favor of then-Sen. Barack Obama in his presidential election contest with Arizona Sen. John McCain. He said Obama and McCain had similar positions on Israel, but gave the nod to Obama because of his liberal stance on things "unrelated to Israel."

By THANYARAT DOKSONE Updated: 7:21 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 Published: 11:06 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 BANGKOK - Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand's top policeman said Thursday in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand.

As Desperate Housewives executive producer Marc Cherry plans for the finale of his ABC hit, a jury of 12 will write the ending of Wisteria Lane's most sordid story: Did Cherry hit actress Nicolette Sheridan in the face and fire her after she complained?

The night was supposed to be about Whitney. And yet, with the exception of a brief prayer led by host LL Cool J, and a fleeting tribute number courtesy of Jennifer Hudson, Sunday night's 54th Grammy Awards ceremony degenerated into the "Chris Brown Comeback Special," featuring three limber performances by the pop star, as well as a Grammy award win for Best R&B album, for F.A.M.E.

Live on Emmys.com this Wednesday night at 8:00pm (PT), watch a very special live talk with the cast and creatives of ABC family series Switched at Birth. Alternative Communication Services will provide online web captioning for this webcast.

Revenge takes us back to the beginning tonight as the events leading up to Daniel & Emily's engagement party, a.k.a. The Fire & Ice Ball are finally revealed! Get Another Early Look at Revenge! The red & white shindig that kicked off the series and put two bullets in an unidentified man's (Daniel?

EXCLUSIVE: Emily Prentiss is turning in her badge. Criminal Minds co-star Paget Brewster will leave the hit CBS drama series at the end of this season. Brewster had been itching to do something else for awhile.

This letter is to you. You know who you are, but I can't say your names. You don't want to say what you think in public, in the United States of America, home of free speech. You are an American Jew, you are liberal, you believe in universal equality, minority, human and civil rights.

The New York Times' newly appointed Jerusalem bureau chief played Twitter footsie on Tuesday with some of Israel's most extreme non-terrorist critics. Jodi Rudoren, until recently the paper's education editor, is set to take control of the Times' Jerusalem bureau following the exit of longtime chief Ethan Bronner.

Patton Oswalt obsessively live tweets it from his weekly viewing parties. Katy Perry is using it to distract herself from her marital woes. Roger Ebert has stepped outside the movie realm to praise it in his blog. Saturday Night Live spoofed it. Mob Wives star Big Ang Raiola recited favorite quips for Us Weekly.

Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman told right-wing activists how best to formulate pardon requests on behalf of convicted Jewish terrorists, thus advising them on requests he might later have to approve. By law, each pardon request submitted to the president must be accompanied by a recommendation from the justice minister on whether to accept it.