‘Can’t this guy take a hint?’ Washington, Ocotber 14 – With US Secretary of State John Kerry announcing yet another trip to the Mideast, trying once again to restart a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, officials on both sides could not suppress ...
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Experts say acquiring combat skills with an umbrella, in particular, would constitute a poetic achievement of sorts for Batman, one of whose arch-nemeses is the umbrella-wielding Penguin. Gotham City, October 14 – The vigilante crime fighter of this troubled municipality ...
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“Volkswagen’s origins in 1930’s Germany are an appropriate metaphor for the current process,” said Zarif. Wolfsburg, Germany, October 14 – Automotive giant Volkswagen has been selected to perform some of the important monitoring functions of the Iran nuclear deal, the ...
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“Limiting the celebratory sweets smacks of vindictiveness, and only further feeds the cycle of violence.” Gaza City, October 13 – Residents of this coastal territory are fuming over the Israeli blockade, saying it restricts their access to the sweets and ...
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A similar study earlier this year found that Palestinian youths holed up inside Al-Aqsa Mosque with fireworks, firebombs, and rocks to hurl at Israeli police and tourists were seventeen times as likely to express a negative opinion of Jews. Nazareth, October ...
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Given the cartoonish behavior of so many Muslims, there appears to be no function left for a caricaturist to serve. Copenhagen, October 12 – A Scandinavian publication known for its irreverent depictions of the prophet Muhammad dismissed its staff of ...
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By Ayman Odeh, Head, Joint Arab List Tensions over the Haram al-Sharif – that’s the so-called Temple Mount to those Jews – have only been increasing of late, so the responsible thing for political leaders to do right now is ...
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There may be hundreds of thousands of Israelis with the condition, which disproportionately affects those of Ashkenazi ancestry. Meretz Party Chairwoman Zehava Gal-On was informed by neurologists today that she suffers from an inability to process events that occurred prior to ...
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In a landmark case earlier this year, the ICC also overturned the Nuremberg convictions of several prominent Nazi war criminals. The Hague, Netherlands, October 7 – The International Criminal Court formalized today what many analysts have long assumed to be ...
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“The sophisticated BBC reader or viewer cannot be trusted to come to the correct conclusion without that context.” Jerusalem, October 9 – Editors at the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Jerusalem Bureau have given correspondents the green light to report on the spasms ...
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