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Obama in Israel: The start of a new era?
Israel, I fear, is on a suicidal path: It could cease to be the democratic home of the Jewish people. This is why I greatly appreciate President Obama's decision to come to Israel despite all the serious issues he faces in America. His visit could...
Tags: Hamas, Jerusalem (Israel), Judaism, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief
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Israeli and Palestinian textbooks fail balance test, study finds
JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian textbooks get failing grades when it comes to adequately and positively representing each other’s people, culture and history, according to a three-year, U.S-funded study released Monday. On the bright...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of State, Israel, Christian Orthodoxy
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Said Musa Maragha dies at 86; Arafat ally became an enemy
Said Musa Maragha, a Palestinian military commander who rose through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization to become a trusted lieutenant of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, then broke away to lead Syrian-backed Palestinian rebels who besieged...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, The New York Times, Lebanon, Palestinian Liberation Organization
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Refugees again, Palestinians flee Syria's war
EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (AP) — When Syrian warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus last December, Umm Sami rounded up her three sons, shut the windows and locked the doors so they could neither hear nor heed the call to arms by rebels...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Islam, Mahmoud Abbas, Bashar Assad, Politics
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Misunderstanding the university: The Brooklyn College case
In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia University, Science and Technology, Politics
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Israel Defends Itself, Hamas Regroups
The Hartford CourantWhy was there an Israel-Gaza war in the first place? Resistance to the occupation, say Hamas and many in the international media. What occupation? Seven years ago, in front of the world, Israel pulled out of Gaza. It dismantled every settlement,...Tags: Hamas, Islam, Jerusalem (Israel), Tel Aviv (Israel), Religion and Belief
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Israel and Hamas: Just the facts, please
Aeschylus said that "in war, truth is the first casualty." Daud Kuttab has apparently taken this somewhat coy aphorism too literally, writing a Times Op-Ed article ("Israel's failed strategy," Nov. 20) so filled with manipulative argumentation that it...Tags: Hamas, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations
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Pro-Israel rally held in Loop
Outrage continues to be felt right here in Chicago over the conflict in the Middle e\East. Monday, people marched in the loop in support of Palestine and Tuesday, people marched in downtown Chicago to show their support for Israel. Monday's protestors...
Tags: Hamas, Jerusalem (Israel), Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
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Ceasefire at Hand? Outcome of Talks Between Israel, Militants Could Come Today
Near the Israel-Gaza border -- An outcome of talks to halt violence between Israel and militants in Gaza could come as early as Tuesday, a Hamas spokesman said.
"It's in the hands now of the Israelis," Osama Hamdan, Hamas spokesman in Beirut, told CNN....Tags: Israel Defense Forces, Ban Ki-moon, Government, Twitter, Inc., Mahmoud Abbas
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Hamas' hard line
Israeli officials often complain that their country's policies are lambasted around the world while Palestinians are allowed to behave undemocratically or even violently without comment or moral judgment. So here is a slightly belated but heartfelt...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
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What do a Jewish Israeli and a Palestinian Muslim have in common?
The Religion WorldThey both want peace. This photo of the two men standing on a street in New York City went viral on Facebook this week. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Israel with the hope that she can negotiate a temporary cease-fire between the Israeli... -
Youth minister accused of having sex with minor
A Hancock County youth ministries director faces charges of child molestation and sexual misconduct following an investigation into his encounters with a 16-year-old girl. Steven Harding, 60, worked at the New Palestine United Methodist Church. The...
Tags: Methodist, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Nov 21, 2012
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