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August 27, 2014
Reflections on Sept. 1, 1939: The invasion of Poland
Sept. 1, 2014, commemorates the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.
What Ramy knew about the fall of Assad and the rise of the Islamic State
After a few years of the cold shoulder, I finally heard from my Syrian friend, Ramy Mansour, and his message couldn’t have been more clear: “I told you so.”
Islamist fighters seize Syria crossing near Israel
Al-Qaida\’s Syrian wing Nusra Front and other Islamist fighters have taken control of a border crossing on the line dividing Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Wednesday.
‘The Fame Lunches’: Daphne Merkin is still wishing for mother’s love
If you were the wild child among more submissive siblings, who refused to be silenced and cried continually, and fought with all the others about their glaring hypocrisies; chances are you were not your parents’ favorite child.
Israeli civilian injured by Syrian mortar on Golan Heights
An Israeli man was wounded when a mortar shell fired from Syria struck Israel’s Golan Heights.
Netanyahu: Hamas ‘begged’ for cease-fire
Hamas did not achieve any of its demands in the wake of Israel’s operation in Gaza and “begged” for a cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Arab-Israeli killer in Michigan prison seeking deportation to Israel
An Arab-Israeli immigrant to the United States who is serving a life sentence for murder has sued the U.S. government in a bid to be deported to Israel.
Israeli toddler riding in car hurt in West Bank rock throwing
An Israeli toddler traveling in a car in the West Bank was injured by rocks thrown by masked Palestinians.
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