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“Only with a uniform set of tenets can we, who represent the forces of tolerance and diversity, hope to restructure the systemic injustice to enfranchise everyone who agrees with us.” Park Slope, August 17 – Orthodox elements within the progressive ...

The only other comparable drool-flood occurred when Obama sent over pallets of cash. Tehran, August 16 – The capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran ground to a halt Monday overwhelmed drainage systems, deluged the first floors of hundreds of buildings, ...

“It’s sobering, to say the least, to have an entity into which we’ve put so much simply fade away as Islamists and those who bow to them assert control.” Washington, August 15 – The rapid resurgence of the fundamentalist Islamist ...

By Issa Amro, human rights activist Hebron, August 12 – Progress comes in many forms. The adoption of human rights principles has advanced civilization, and the Palestinian cause in particular, to places it never would have achieved absent those universal ...

Violent demonstrations occur much more frequently in Israel than does baseball. Jerusalem, August 11 – Israeli officials have decided to take a play from the American playbook: they will leverage the country’s second-ever attainment of an Olympic gold medal to generate ...

Perhaps even an outright utterance of, “Terrible, just terrible.” New York, August 10 – Representatives of global organizations and of nations touting themselves as defenders of the global order fired back today at Israeli and Jewish advocates, arguing that, contrary ...

The technologies to which the activist referred have yet to yield reductions in the use of fossil fuels anywhere in the world. Tel Aviv, August 9 – A participant in a demonstration at Rabin Square this evening held aloft a ...

“I know I could get tired of hiding away from human eyes for so long. A milkshake would be just the thing.” Tel Aviv, August 5 – Customers and passers-by saw the main eschatological figure of Islam enjoying himself at a local ...

Estimates of garbage takes overtaking physical garbage in Lebanon range from six months to two years. Beirut, August 5 – Decades of mismanagement, malfeasance, incompetence, and rampant corruption in this once-thriving country of nearly seven million have resulted in, among ...

“It’s all about inclusivity.” New York, August 4 – Student activists gearing up for the 2021-2022 academic year at Columbia University have begun preparations for a campaign to pressure the undergraduate administration into restricting admission to gentile applicants beginning next fall, ...