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Sunday May 19, 2013
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White House sends slew of high-level visitors to Israel
William Burns came last week • Hillary Clinton and nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman arrived Sunday • National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has just left • Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to come late July • GOP candidate Mitt Romney to make his own visit.
 
Prof. Abraham Ben-Zvi | Has the window of opportunity for Pollard closed?
Why hasn’t the Jewish community sufficiently used its voice to push for a pardon?
Shlomo Cesana | 'Obama should clearly say he will not allow a nuclear Iran'
Former U.S. security adviser: Americans should either support whatever decision Israel makes, or say the U.S. should do it.
 
Haim Shine | A tragedy becomes a symbol
The gasoline that Moshe Silman poured on himself will soon become the much-needed fuel the protest leaders will use to inject life into their revolution.
Reuven Miran | When despair becomes desperation
People who feel they have exhausted all their options and have nothing to lose are capable of anything.
Dan Margalit | We are responsible for our own fate
If we feel too much compunction, welfare institutions won't be able to say no and the prosecution won't be able to seek punishments.
Isi Leibler | Olmert, count your blessings and retire
Most Israelis have not forgotten that Olmert was the most disastrous prime minister ever to rule over the country.
Mati Tuchfeld | Compromise or bust
Kadima is in such a fragile state that any decision Mofaz makes could leave his party in pieces.
'No one heard him'
Moshe Silman, who set himself on fire at a cost-of-living protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, still fighting for his life • "He always said he would do something because he realized no one was listening," says Silman's sister, describing his personal woes.
'Ultra-Orthodox draft will only succeed if carried out gradually'
PM Netanyahu says only gradual approach will result in higher haredi conscription, adds that drafting all18-year-olds "would make haredim more secluded, united in their opposition" • Kadima poised to leave coalition, could set in motion early elections.
Crucial vote Tuesday on granting university status to Ariel
Education minister says academic center should become a university in letter to voting Judea and Samaria Council for Higher Education • Finance minister says will allocate $20 million for the cause.
Hamas improves rocket range after succesful test launch
Egyptian media report that Hamas' military wing test fired a rocket into Sinai two weeks ago • Rocket, modeled after dismantled missiles smuggled into Gaza from Libya, can reportedly reach further distances than any other missile in Hamas' rocket arsenal.
Palestinians to revive bid for UN recognition
A top Palestinian official says Palestinians will ask the U.N. General Assembly to recognize Palestine as observer state • Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says timing of the request to be decided next week by the Arab League.
Knesset lobby to ask Clinton to pardon Pollard
Multi-party group drafts letter calling for the spy's release to be given to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit • Letter says Israeli citizens are united in seeking Pollard’s immediate release on humanitarian grounds.
Infiltrators up close: a guided tour of south Tel Aviv
South Tel Aviv neighborhood activists launch tour to show public how infiltrators have impacted the city • The tour will "make it clear that the public should try to prevent similar situations in other cities across the country," says MK Danny Danon.
Palestinian falls to his death after allegedly selling land to Israelis
Palestinian man in PA custody dies on Sunday after mysterious fall • Family members believe 49-year-old Osama Mansour may have been pushed • Palestinians who sell land to Israelis face the death penalty.
Attorney-general says Bodies exhibit disrespects the dead
Yehuda Weinstein submits petition claiming the cadavers displayed in the exhibition are the remains of Chinese prisoners that were sold without families' consent.
Middle Eastern youth gather for 20th annual Seeds of Peace camp
The more than 200 campers — the most in the camp's two decades — include Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians, Indians and Pakistanis • "I feel the main thing I've gained is the ability to talk and listen," says 26-year old Liav from Haifa.
Shop 'til your people drop
Syrian first lady Asma Assad spent more than 270,000 British pounds ($420,000) on chandeliers, carpets, sofas, tables and more last March, according to WikiLeaks • International Red Cross formally declares civil war status in Syria.
Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes
Anti-Islamist protesters throw tomatoes, shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade during visit to Egypt, accuse U.S. of backing Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power • Clinton rejects claim that U.S. is taking sides.