Haaretz 26.11

In Israel, it’s idiocy that gives the conflict a religious tailwind

Whether from Israeli newspapers or the Jordanian parliament, extremist positions filter down to the masses. They will lead the country to a dead end.

By Uzi Baram| Nov. 25, 2014 | 5:01 PM

Extremist Islamic groups, some of them in Israel, hope the conflict will move from the political to the religious. Sheikh Ra’ad Salah, head of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, doesn’t care about the struggle for Palestinian rights. He’s only interested in the “terrible danger facing Al-Aqsa.”

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President Rivlin comes out against Jewish nation-state bill as Netanyahu, Lapid spar over it PM plans to present a final version in coming days; Lapid threatens not to back the bill unless it includes the word 'equality.'

By Jonathan Lis, Revital Levy-Stein and Revital Hovel| Nov. 26, 2014 | 12:42 AM

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