Fuel shortages for Gaza’s power plant, the result of Palestinian infighting, mean only two or three hours of electricity are available for the territory’s residents each day. Gaza City, May 24 – The Islamist group that runs this coastal territory ...
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How dense do you have to be to fall for the same rhetorical trick time and time again? Athens, May 25 – A youth notorious for repeated invocation of a threat to the point that the alarm no longer raises ...
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By Zehava Gal-On, Chairwoman, Meretz Party As with any question of policy, we must always examine its anticipated long-term effects. Democratic principles have governed Israel since it was founded, but the rapid growth of the religious sector and the mixed ...
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“We need to begin our indoctrination much earlier than college.” Tel Aviv, May 24 – Activists working to promote academic, commercial, and political boycotts of Israel are aiming to place their allies on the committee that represents parents at a ...
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“Muslims in the US cannot fulfill their sacred duty of dominating non-Muslims in the current political and legal environment.” Washington, May 24 – A leading advocacy group for Muslims in the US has begun lobbying legislators in several states to ...
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“Been there, done that.” Jerusalem, May 23 – Scholars of religion have discovered that what many adherents of religious faith call “Original” Sin in fact represents a phenomenon that existed well before the Sin’s ostensible beginnings. Religious historians and theologians ...
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The time has come to recognize the failure of every such model that has been proposed, and to promote ideas with more contemporary relevance. Jerusalem, May 22 – Israeli political figures who long advocated a long-term resolution with the Palestinians ...
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Soon enough, the Ayatollahs will lose all hope of getting help from the people who are supposed to help them, and they’ll decide to end it all. Tel Aviv, May 22 – Israeli leaders have hit upon what they believe ...
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Saudi officials denied knowledge of the dress. Riyadh, May 21 – First Lady Melania Trump turned heads and sent tongues wagging as she and President Trump departed for Saudi Arabia, first by announcing she would not cover her hair, and ...
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By Saeb Erekat It is time to put to rest the notion that we Palestinians are not preparing our people for peace with Israel. As our president said to Mr. Trump in Washington two weeks ago, ours is a culture ...
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