The Palestinian Authority prime minister in a meeting with Jewish Council for Public Affairs leaders said he opposed a Palestinian unilateral declaration of statehood.
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
It is with deep sadness that I pass on news of the death this morning of Prof. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Salo Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society Emeritus at Columbia University. Yosef Yerushalmi was the towering Jewish historian of his generation, possessed of vast erudition, analytic acuity, and stylistic virtuosity.
A brief check on Google Trends shows that the last week has brought a thirty-fold increase in searches on \”Tiger Woods.\” Just as a comparison: when Woods won the U.S. open, the spike was nowhere close to that volume. Google News feeds something about Tiger Woods every few minutes now.
The instruments of war have a part in preserving peace, President Obama said as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
The Swiss people have just decided, in a referendum, against building new minarets in their country. This decision can legitimately raise very many concerns. Referenda require people to answer “yes” or “no” to a specific question. Can we answer “yes” or “no” to such a complicated question touching on such deep-rooted issues? I am convinced this can only give rise to painful misunderstandings and a feeling of injustice, and that such a categorical answer to a matter, which has to be resolvable on a case-by-case basis, respecting everyone’s beliefs and religion, can only cause hurt.
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