The White House has grown increasingly angry at P.A. President Yasser Arafat\’s desultory efforts to control Palestinian violence, but many in the Bush administration believe a complete break in relations would be too severe a reaction.
The future of Yasser Arafat — or of the Middle East without him — is shaping up as the key agenda item when Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets President George W. Bush in Washington next week.
Because Palestinian violence has been so devastating, Israel\’s retaliatory actions seem to be justified. Whether they are effective or not is almost secondary to the need to respond.
Because Palestinian violence has been so devastating, Israel\’s retaliatory actions seem to be justified. Whether they are effective or not is almost secondary to the need to respond.
Scottish philosopher David Hume hit the nail on the head when he observed that \”the heart of man always attempts to reconcile the most glaring contradictions.\” Hume, of course, wasn\’t thinking of Palestinian apologists back in 1749. But he certainly wouldn\’t have been ashamed of applying his pithy aphorism to their persistent bouts of moral incoherence.
The case exposes a danger for nonprofit organizations like synagogues, which may rely on volunteer lay leadership for much of their financial management and oversight.
A preliminary hearing for Rabbi Mordechai Yomtov is set for Feb. 4 at the Los Angeles Municipal Court in downtown Los Angeles.
The voice on the CD is smoky, sultry, exotic, spinning out messages of devotion in a foreign tongue. But when a reporter calls at 9 p.m. on a Monday night, the owner of that voice says, prosaically enough, "Let me turn down the TV," and the next thing coming over the wire is Peter Boyle yelling at Doris Roberts.
If Todd Solondz had to switch to an unlisted telephone number after the release of \”Happiness,\” he may have to move to Alaska in the aftermath of his latest film, \”Storytelling,\” now in theaters.
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