The Jewish community is now openly discussing whether Jerusalem should be on the negotiating table for a Palestinian-Israel peace agreement.
\”In general people from the West are in a special position to do something very positive for Israel,\” Berrin said. \”We can import some of our positive values and awareness. In this case, we want the average Israeli to know what\’s going on in Darfur and to care about it.\”
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Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez are twins who were born conjoined at the cranium. Headline-makers since arriving at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA\’s Mattel Children\’s Hospital in Westwood, the twins were separated in a nearly 23-hour surgery on Aug. 6.
Since the intifada began two years ago, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert had boasted that Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem had opted to stay out of the violence for fear of losing Israeli social service benefits.
Two standout Jewish hoop stars headlining the Pac-10 basketball tournament? It\’s all part of March Madness. David Bluthenthal, USC\’s 22-year-old small forward, and Amit Tamir, UC Berkeley\’s 22-year-old forward/center, each look to lead their team to the conference title at the March 7-9 tournament at Staples Center.
During the first weeks following the terror attacks on New York and Washington, Israel\’s Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem instructed officials charged with explaining Israel\’s position to avoid, when possible, interviews and media queries. Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israel\’s consul for communications and public affairs in Los Angeles, recalls a prevailing sense within the diplomatic community that no matter how sympathetic they were to America\’s plight or how good their terrorism expertise, Israelis should realize this was not their fight.
Either the authoritarians of Yasser Arafat\’s Palestinian Authority have the power to direct, control, intercept and stymie Arab terrorist attacks against Israel, or they do not. If this year\’s proliferation of Arab mass murder has been within the Palestinian Authority\’s power to control, then those events confirm that the Palestinian Authority has no right to exist as a polity. On the other hand, if the Palestinian Authority cannot control the anti-Israel terror emanating from within its borders, then it also has no right to exist as a polity.
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