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		<title>Fighting Flotillas and the Network Behind Them</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/30/galloway-flotilla-israel-gaz/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/30/galloway-flotilla-israel-gaz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calev Ben Dor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flotilla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Jerusalem Post quotes an op-ed by George Galloway in the British Socialist daily &#8216;The Morning Star&#8217; in which he declared that a flotilla of ships called the &#8220;Viva Palestina convoy&#8221; will leave from London, Casablanca, and Doha on September 18. It seems that Galloway has drawn heart from the diplomatic environment surrounding Israel&#8217;s actions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3154&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Calev Ben Dor</media:title>
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		<title>Closing the gap? Attention to political-diplomatic arenas emerging as national security imperative</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/26/delegitimization-netanyahu-national-security-council-haaretz-shlomo-brom-hanan-sha/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/26/delegitimization-netanyahu-national-security-council-haaretz-shlomo-brom-hanan-sha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daphna Kaufman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, starting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8216;s categorization of Israel&#8217;s delegitimization as one of three key challenges facing the country, political and diplomatic arenas seem to be increasingly emerging as a national security focus among Israeli decision makers. The growing prominence of these arenas is further reflected in media commentary, exemplified by two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3151&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">daphnakaufman</media:title>
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		<title>This is Total Development</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/25/this-is-total-development/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/25/this-is-total-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Hasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Reut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology & Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do The Reut Institute and the Dutch football team Ajax have in common?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3144&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reut Publishes Flotilla Report in English</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/24/flotilla-hamas-turkey-israel-inquiry-delegitimization-gidi-grinstein/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/24/flotilla-hamas-turkey-israel-inquiry-delegitimization-gidi-grinstein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>General</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boycotts Divestment & Sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian Challenges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reut Institute published today the English version of its report on the May 31st Gaza Flotilla. The report analyzes the strategic significance and systemic context of the incident and offers recommendations on how to prevent similar occurrences in the future. Unlike the current government commissions that deal primarily with technical or operational aspects of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3133&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">General</media:title>
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		<title>Is the New Israel Fund Driving a Wedge?</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/24/new-israel-fund-delegitimization-reut/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/24/new-israel-fund-delegitimization-reut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calev Ben Dor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boycotts Divestment & Sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving a Wedge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An article in the Forward suggests that board members within the New Israel Fund (NIF) are discussing bringing in policy guidelines as to which organizations receive funding. This would be an important step in driving a wedge between critics of Israeli policy and delegitimizers of its existence. According to the article, there isn&#8217;t yet agreement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3123&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Calev Ben Dor</media:title>
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		<title>Fighting Delegitimization in California</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/23/fighting-delegitimization-california-bay-area-hu/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/23/fighting-delegitimization-california-bay-area-hu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calev Ben Dor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BDS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Jerusalem Post ran an article today on anti-Israel and pro-Israel activism in California, one of the areas Reut identifies as a hub of delegitimization. According to the incoming chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the East Bay, “there are over 100 anti-Israel organizations chipping away constantly at support for Israel and more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3119&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Calev Ben Dor</media:title>
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		<title>Are We Close to Israel 15? Not Yet</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/19/are-we-close-to-israel-15-not-yet-newsweek-reut-quality-of-life-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/19/are-we-close-to-israel-15-not-yet-newsweek-reut-quality-of-life-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omri Zegen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socio-economic leapfrogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek ranked Israel 22nd in its annual index of the &#8220;World&#8217;s Best Countries,&#8221; which was published yesterday. While it remains true that Israel has achieved relative success in raising GDP per Capita and providing health service, it still lags behind most other countries in the magnitude of its income gaps and the quality of its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3105&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/19/are-we-close-to-israel-15-not-yet-newsweek-reut-quality-of-life-israel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Omri Zegen</media:title>
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		<title>A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Hamas and the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/18/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-hamas-and-the-european-campaign-to-end-the-siege-on-gaza/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/18/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-hamas-and-the-european-campaign-to-end-the-siege-on-gaza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Murciano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Delegitimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the main players in the coalition of nongovernmental organizations that planned and organized the Gaza Flotilla was the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG). Based in Brussels, the ECESG is an umbrella organization of over 30 NGO’s that are publicly committed to both advancing the rights of Gaza’s citizens and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3070&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">gilmurciano</media:title>
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		<title>Top-Level Domains Bolster Local Development</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/17/top-level-domains-tlds-for-local-development/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/17/top-level-domains-tlds-for-local-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elad Leshem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Reut]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Top-level internet domains (TLDs), such as .berlin or .london, offer geographic regions two advantages: one, they are an inexpensive means of online branding; and two, they are a platform that connects individuals and facilitates development.  In other words, TLDs grant community members the ability to better connect with one another as well as with the outside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3078&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">eladleshem</media:title>
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		<title>Applying Nanotechnology to Regional Development</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/05/applying-nanotechnology-to-regional-development/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/05/applying-nanotechnology-to-regional-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottom up processes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-assembly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the team met with Dr. Miri Yemini, Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC) at the Shamoon College of Engineering, and lecturer at the Ben-Gurion University. Through her work at the EIC, Dr. Yemini advances technological entrepreneurship in Israel’s peripheral regions. Yemini believes that such innovation provides an invaluable opportunity for populations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=3065&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
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