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	<title><![CDATA[What we need in an AG ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:25:42 GMT+02:00</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to choose the next attorney general from the four candidates with the most support in the selection committee is justified. It's unfortunate, but Netanyahu is right in saying he sees no reason to appoint a new committee or consider new candidates who have not been discussed in depth by the committee or introduced to the public, as the current candidates have.  
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	<title><![CDATA[Jerusalem Syndrome ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:27:24 GMT+02:00</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Sometimes tourists show up at Jerusalem's mental health centers, convinced that a voice from the heavens told them they were the messiah. The illness, commonly known as Jerusalem Syndrome, usually passes once they have left the city. However, Israelis, mostly public figures, have been afflicted with this syndrome for the past 42 years, affecting their ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Jerusalem has become the Disneyland of the Jewish people.  
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	<title><![CDATA[The right way to run a prison ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:28:06 GMT+02:00</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court was right when it struck down the amendment to a prison ordinance that would have allowed private companies to manage prisons. The court ruled that the state would retain its monopoly to use force against citizens and that only a government agency has the right to restrict a citizen's freedom. This is not only a matter of civil rights, but also a fundamental concept of government.  
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	<title><![CDATA[The unfinished battle against corruption ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:28:51 GMT+02:00</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Corruption Perceptions Index published last week by Transparency International ranks Israel in a not very good position, with a score of 6.1, similar to its grade in previous years. In 1997, we received our highest score of 7.97. Now we can be consoled by being less corrupt than Poland and Italy, although more corrupt than France, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.  
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	<title><![CDATA[A superfluous show of sovereignty ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:16 GMT+02:00</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[The heart skips a beat every time news leaks about progress in the talks on releasing abducted soldier Gilad Shalit. This week we were again told that the negotiations are being energetically pursued, so our hopes rose again. But like so many times in the past, another source says one of the stumbling blocks is Israel's opposition to releasing any of its citizens as part of a prisoner exchange. Who are these prisoners and why is Hamas demanding their release? Information on them might help focus the campaign for Shalit's release and transform if from an improvised effort, full of empathy and good intentions but without defined content, into a clear demand for action.  
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