Video: Latma On The Kerry Peace Plan

This week's Latma takes a look at Kerry's peace plan and Health Minister Yair Lapid's organ donor program.

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Arlene Kushner on Kerry's Visit to Israel, Parsing Lapid's Statement and Guessing Netanyahu's Intent

From Arlene Kushner
May 22, 2013

"Peace Process"

The notion that there can be a viable negotiation process that will result in peace with "two states side-by-side" persists whatever the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  And so, no matter how weary we become of the delusion, we must continue to track efforts to make it happen, and combat it as effectively as possible.

As I wrote yesterday, Sec. of State Kerry is due here tomorrow.  And so there is a flurry of activity -- or, more accurately, perhaps, a deluge of words espousing one position or another -- in anticipation of his arrival.

Arlene Kushner On How To View Results of Israel Election -- Is The Right Weaker?

From Arlene Kushner:
January 24, 2013

A Different Perspective

Today I would like to revisit issues surrounding the election results that I discussed yesterday (with thanks to political consultant Ruthie L).

On at least one occasion, following the pattern of the media, I alluded to the "Center-Left" bloc of parties as versus the Right-Religious bloc of parties.  But, in fact, this is a misleading way of conceptualizing the situation.

More accurately, there is the Left. And there is the Right.  Both of which are likely to be ideological.  And then there are parties that are centrist: neither left nor right ideologically but drawing a bit from each on various issues and more likely pragmatic. 

The way the media had it, the Center-Left and the Right were about equal in number of mandates acquired (excluding the fact that the Arab parties were factored in on the Left).  This leads to the conclusion that the Right has gotten weaker -- or, conversely, that the Left has gotten stronger.  Which impression the left-leaning media are quite content to convey.

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Video: Latma Looks At The Results Of The Israel Election

Latma examines Yair Lapid's winning coalition, takes a look at Israel's "voting festival", and presents a response to the viral clip "I've had it," that attacks everyone and everything that isn't part of the radical left.

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Video: Latma On Yair Lapid, Israel's New Messiah and Freddie Spin's Triumphant Return

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