IN ONE word: Bravo! The news about the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas is good for peace. If the final difficulties are ironed out and a full agreement is signed by the two leaders, it will be a huge step forward for the Palestinians – and for us. There is no sense in making peace with half a people. Making peace with the entire Palestinian people may be more difficult, but will be infinitely more fruitful. Therefore: Bravo!
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THE OTHER day, the almighty General Security Service (Shabak, formerly Shin Bet) needed a new boss. It is a hugely important job, because no minister ever dares to contradict the advice of the Shabak chief in cabinet meetings. There was an obvious candidate, known only as J. But at the last moment, the settlers’ lobby was mobilized. As director of the “Jewish department” J. had put some Jewish terrorists in prison. So his candidature was rejected and Yoram Cohen, a kippah-wearing darling of the settlers was appointed instead.
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OF ALL the memorable phrases uttered by Barack Obama in the last two years, the one that stuck in my mind more than any other appeared in his historic speech in Cairo in the early days of his term. He warned the nations not to place themselves “on the wrong side of history.”
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Ein kleines Detail der Normalisierung für den Gaza-Streifen mit historischen Auswirkungen Nachdem am Freitag und Samstag der Grenzübergang Rafah für Einwohner des Gazastreifens geöffnet wurde, um Bürgern die Heimkehr zu ermöglichen, die in Ägypten während des Volksaufstandes gestrandet waren und der geschlossen wurde, wird es ab Dienstag, dem 22.Februar 2011 einen unkomplizierten Grenzverkehr geben.
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Furchtlose Akademiker unternehmen endlich etwas gegen ihren eigenen ausländischen „Boykott“ und zeigen vereint Flagge für die Menschenrechte in ihrem Land Über einhundertfünfundsechzig israelische Professoren haben eine Petition gegen den Ausbau des Campus in der illegalen Siedlung im Westjordanland unterzeichnet.
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THE EXPRESSION “Ship of Fools” was used by a Swiss theologian 515 years ago as the title of a book harshly criticizing the Catholic church of his day. Its licentiousness, he foresaw, would lead to disaster. And indeed, shortly afterwards a monk named Martin Luther split the church and set in motion the great Reformation.
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