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New on Broader View: March 2017
- American Jews: A Tide Turns by Daniel Gordis, Bloomberg, March 14
- BDS: Losses, Not Victories by David Gerstman, The Tower, March 10
- Political Process: Inside the Black Box by Michael Herzog, American Interest, February 27
- Settlements: The Real Growth by Shaul Arieli, Matzav Blog, March 6
- UN: Bravo, Ambassador Haley! by David Harris, Times of Israel, March 22
- Water: Helping the World, Israel 21c, March 20
More at Colleges & Universities, Europe, Gaza, Iran, Law, Lebanon, Liberals, Israel Lobby, Palestinians, Polls, Terrorism, U.S.-Israel Relationship, Zionism.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing
- Israel approves first new settlement in 20 years, will limit future settlement growth
- UN anti-Israel report withdrawn, after rejection by UN Secretary General and U.S. outrage
- Israeli-American teen arrested for JCC bomb threats
- Intel acquires Israeli automotive tech firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion (!)
- Anti-boycott motions pass state legislatures in Arkansas, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Switzerland and adopted by Spain’s ruling party; anti-Israel proposals defeated at Georgetown Univ., Ohio State University, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Western Ontario
- Israel renews diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, strengthens ties with China, Vietnam, and Cambodia
- Israelis win international awards and honors in baseball, photography, ecological architecture, fencing, artificial-intelligence startups, water innovation, and Germany’s Order of Merit
- Israel ranked among world’s healthiest, happiest, and most powerful countries
- Recent visitors to Israel include the President of Slovakia, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of Zambia; foreign ministers of Japan, Italy, and Britain; New York Governor, UNESCO ambassadors, political leaders from Germany and Brazil; actors Richard Gere and Hugh Laurie, American TV executives, travel professionals, legendary rock band Yes, British DJ Fatboy Slim, hundreds of sick children from Gaza for medical treatment in Israel, and 234,000 other tourists in February
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