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Power Vacuum
Who will replace Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian president?
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I’ll Leave for Peace
Sometimes you can live next to people for years and not know exactly what they think. I gave an interview to a local paper in my town recently in which I said that in exchange for real peace with the Palestinians, Israel should give up the West Bank and dismantle its settlements. When the
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Economics Versus Extremism
Eight years after 9/11, many in the West still think of Islam as a threat. Islamic extremists are seen as brainwashed robots, and the rest of Muslims as only a step behind in their blind acceptance of what their leaders preach. But this view misses a larger point: Islamic extremism is the direct
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10/24/2009International‘My Preoccupation Now is This Plan’
…settlements there, and got years of missile strikes from Gaza. So how do you guarantee Israelis that if they withdraw from the West Bank , you can control security? Security is as much a Palestinian need as it is an Israeli need. There are problems in Gaza …
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10/09/2009BooksA Wandering Jew
…lawyer for the mob." And Yossi, a trigger-happy Santa Claus look-alike ex-cop from Arkansas, who moved to the West Bank in search of action. But London's ambition is bigger than simply chronicling the quirky Jewish Diaspora. In chasing …
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10/02/2009CultureThe Conflict Onscreen
…slim that either Ajami or Lebanon will be screened in the West Bank , though Copti insists there are plans to show his film. Waltz With Bashir was briefly shown at the West Bank Cinematheque in Ramallah, but Palestinian film producer …
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09/23/2009BlogsGay-Porn Mogul Hopes to Arouse Interest in Israel
…building across the street. "The reality is that Israel has only one face to people on the street, and that's the West Bank and Gaza. All people see in the media is a country of disaster. They get images of a blown-up bus." His company …
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09/19/2009InternationalBatman in Jerusalem
…to a deal on freezing Israel's West Bank settlement construction than they ……work out the final details on the West Bank , they're looking further apart then ……occupied territory like the rest of the West Bank , and thus the subject of negotiations …
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