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Yossi Klein Halevi

Yossi Klein Halevi is the author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation. He is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

  • Yossi Klein Halevi at a rally to protest the Jewish establishment's lack of action about the issue of Soviet Jewry, New York City, 1971. (Steve Fox)
    Yossi Klein Halevi at a rally to protest the Jewish establishment's lack of action about the issue of Soviet Jewry, New York City, 1971. (Steve Fox)
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    The Ecstasy of Rage

    In an excerpt from ‘Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist,’ the activist remembers Meir Kahane and the JDL

    byYossi Klein Halevi
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    A Divider by Nature, Sharon Tried To Unite Israelis Behind Ending the Occupation

    A stalwart of the right, Sharon was a pragmatist whose mission was to teach Jews how to survive in the Middle East

    byYossi Klein Halevi
  • Israeli actor, journalist, and author Yair Lapid (center), leader of the Yesh Atid party, visits a polling station in Netanya on January 22, 2013.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli actor, journalist, and author Yair Lapid (center), leader of the Yesh Atid party, visits a polling station in Netanya on January 22, 2013.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Why I Voted for Yair Lapid

    The centrist’s simple but emotionally profound Zionism could lead to an Israel less at war with itself

    byYossi Klein Halevi
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and their sons stand at the grave of the premier's father following his funeral Monday in Jerusalem. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and their sons stand at the grave of the premier's father following his funeral Monday in Jerusalem. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Bibi’s Political Inheritance

    What remains of Revisionist Zionism, the ideology of the late Benzion Netanyahu, is its 11th commandment: Don’t be a fool.

    byYossi Klein Halevi
  • A rally this summer marking the fifth anniversary Gilad Shalit’s capture.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
    A rally this summer marking the fifth anniversary Gilad Shalit’s capture.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Everyone’s Son

    In opposing the mass release of terrorists in exchange for Gilad Shalit’s freedom, I felt as if I was betraying my own son

    byYossi Klein Halevi
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