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At a press conference announcing his split form the Labor party Defense Minister and Labor Party head Ehud Barak slammed the remaining Labor MKs who he said "have been dragged to the Left, to post-modernism and post-Zionism."

Israel’s Bill of Rights by Ari Bussel “Who is happy and blessed? He who is content with what he has!” Israelis have so many rights that I almost envy this tiny democracy along the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean. She is only 63 year old and yet her people have amassed so many rights in such a short period of time. Israelis should celebrate, for riches beyond their wildest imagination. No, it is not the rich gas reserves recently discovered or the strength of the Israeli Exchange. It is not even the real estate market that continues to rise beyond...

Monday Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened negotiations with her Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qurei regarding the partition of Jerusalem; the destruction of hundreds of Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem; the expulsion of between a hundred thousand and half a million Israelis from their homes; the borders of Israel; and the right of immigration of millions of foreign, hostile Arabs to Israel. The Olmert government's Palestinian policies are overwhelmingly rejected by the Israeli public. In a recent B'nai Brith poll, two thirds of the public said that the government has no mandate to conduct negotiations on these issues. Two thirds...

As opposed to the first Lebanon War, in which left-wing anti-war demonstrations gathered strength within days, this time around they were limited to a small circle of leftists who view themselves as "radical." This time around, the extreme wing of the left divorced itself from, rather than led, the overall left, leaving the distinct impression that they long ago began dealing only with guilt and conscience rather than realistic political proposals. They have become our ongoing psychoanalysis. There might be a demand for this when we have the luxury of sitting back and thinking about our feelings, not when we...

From Left To Right By RUTHIE BLUM Maoz Azaryahu says it's about time we admitted Israel is a success story "It's about time we realized that Zionism is a success story," says Dr. Maoz Azaryahu, 48, carefully packing tobacco in a sleek wooden pipe. Judging from where we are sitting - in his modest, tastefully decorated Bauhaus apartment in the center of Tel Aviv - he's got a point. The bustle of the afternoon caf -and-boutique crowds cheerfully going about their business as the sun sets on Rehov Dizengoff serve as testimony to Azaryahu's thesis that the tensions of Israeli...