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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Wiesel says Obama plan intended to stimulate talks

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished May 25, 2011

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, prolific author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said he does "not believe President Barack Obama is anti-Israel." He added that the president's controversial speech last week at the State Department calling for a peace...

Editorial: Shuffling the Deck

Published May 18, 2011

In Texas Hold ‘Em parlance, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has gone all in. In his Monday opinion piece in the New York Times, Abbas has said to the world that the future of Israel doesn't matter one iota. In essence, he's proven that...

AJC director responds to Abbas op-ed

BY DAVID HARRISPublished May 18, 2011

New York, NY - The American Jewish Committee is a global advocacy organization that has long been committed to achieving a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state accord.In that effort, we have met countless times...

Palestinian reconciliation: a tentative step forward

BY ALON BEN-MEIRPublished May 11, 2011

The announcement of a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement is a by-product of the Arab Spring, and the Palestinian chess game to position the public of both the West Bank and Gaza Strip for Palestinian statehood. The questions that the deal raises are...

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