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BORN IN WAR, ISRAEL LIVES WITH WAR
We pray it will not always be
Articles
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A WORLD APART
Two perceptions of a campus bombing
By David E. Kaplan
Twenty years ago, nine students and staff were sitting in the Frank Sinatra Cafeteria at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, relaxing, eating, chatting, and working on their futures. All that was taken away from them by a bomb that ended their lives. Meanwhile, on the 20th anniversary of this massacre, the murderers are receiving a substantial increase to their monthly ‘salaries’!
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KING ABDULLAH’S LEGACY
Will the vision of peace of Abdullah I find traction with Abdullah II ?
By Jonathan Feldstein
On a clear day from his balcony in Israel’s Judean Hills, the writer can see the capital of Jordan – Amman. What he can’t see is what the political future in the Hashemite kingdom will be. Will the vision of peace that Abdullah I sough and died for finally favour with the great-grandson, Abdullah II, who rules today?
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TIME TO DO RIGHT, SOUTH-AFRICA
Pandor’s call for Israel to be called an ‘apartheid’ state laughable
By Pamela Ngubane
While medical personnel at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital – the largest hospital in Africa – are struggling to provide care to patients “using infrastructure built in the previous century” and “60-70% of students who leave high school will be unemployed”, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor focuses on besmirching Israel.
TIME TO DO RIGHT, SOUTH-AFRICA
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