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What Next?

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

President Donald Trump is flying high. He calls it a "historic dawn of a new Middle East," resolving "3,000 years" of conflict, even though, in his speech to the Knesset, he couldn't stop himself from insulting former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama for their "hatred toward Israel," saying they could never have done what he did.

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It Had To End

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.

Do President Donald Trump and his team deserve credit for taking a major step?

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said it best. He told reporters ...Read more

Paying 'Victims' to Sue

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

There is a special place in hell for phony victims who take money from settlements meant for the legitimate victims of sexual abuse. Ahead of them, however, come the lawyers who make such scams work and pocket as much as half the settlements themselves.

If an investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Times holds up, hell will have to make room...Read more

 

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