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    American Jews and Faith in Israel

    Israel claims to be the only democracy in the Middle East, but it continues to occupy the Palestinian West Bank and support the expansion of illegal settlements...

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 17, 2012 • 50m Listen

    Israel claims to be the only democracy in the Middle East, but it continues to occupy the Palestinian West Bank and support the expansion of illegal settlements. Is that a contradiction of Israel’s founding values? Is it causing a "crisis of Zionism?" Also, President Obama calls for increased oversight of oil markets, and the space shuttle Discovery arrived in its earth-bound museum today, as NASA announced the first private mission to the orbiting space lab. We hear what to expect from the Dragon, made by Space X.

    Banner image: Left wing Israeli activists are arrested by Israeli police as they demonstrate in favor of the 'Welcome to Palestine' fly-in protest on April 15, 2012 at the Ben Gurion Air Port near Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Katie Cooper

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