Does Hamas's Strategy Serve the Palestinian Cause?
The Human Toll As the human toll rises to more than 1000 dead on the Palestinian side and over 43 on the Israeli side, progress towards a ceasefire only exists in the words of politicians. Around...
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Eid Al-Fitr In Gaza And The West Bank Is A Day Of Sadness, Not Celebration,...
JERUSALEM (RNS) In Beit ‘Anan, a small Arab village in the West Bank, Haya Dawod, and her extended family sit around a large round table in her parents’ dining room for the celebratory Eid meal. Monday...
View ArticleReligious Persecution Makes Migrants Out Of Millions; 'Worst In Recent Memory'
(RNS) And then there were nine. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday (July 28) that Turkmenistan has joined the State Department’s list of worst religious freedom offenders. The State...
View ArticleEbola Not A Significant Threat To U.S., CDC Says
The deadly outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is unlikely to spread outside of that region and into the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday (July 28). “No...
View ArticleHow Social Media Is Fueling the Israel-Palestine Conflict in Gaza
Ever since Israel began its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, both the press and social media have been abuzz with opinions about the conflict. While the opinions of professional journalists have been...
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Couture Condom Dresses Teach Haute Lesson In Safe Sex
Given the option to learn about sex ed from an anatomically correct diagram, or a sizzling dress, most would likely choose the latter –- which is why one Brazilian artist’s advocacy work is taking off....
View ArticleU.S.: Russia Violated Treaty By Testing Cruise Missile
The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile, according to senior American officials, a finding that was...
View ArticleQatar World Cup: migrants wait a year to be paid for building offices
Migrant workers who built luxury offices used by Qatar's 2022 football World Cup organisers have told the Guardian they have not been paid for more than a year and are now working illegally from...
View ArticleUS: Russia Violated 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious...
View ArticleFrance Welcomes Iraqi Christians Seeking Asylum From Islamic State Insurgents
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Monday it was ready to welcome Christians from northern Iraq who have been told by the al Qaeda offshoot group now ruling the region to either covert to Islam, pay a...
View ArticleItalian Tenor And WWII POW Carlo Bergonzi Dies At 90
MILAN (AP) — Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi's operas, has died at the age of 90. The Italian Auxologic Institute in Milan on Monday...
View ArticleAustralians Are Deeply Concerned About U.S. Proposals For The Trans-Pacific...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a trade agreement between 12 Pacific nations; Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Japan, Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia,...
View ArticleTunnels and Sovereignty
All the chatter about disproportion in war, laced with macho innuendo about size, stature, relevance and subordination is of course a sideshow compared to the horrific slaughter and existential threat...
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Crop Circle In Germany Probably Created By Meddling Youths (PHOTO)
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people are trekking to a Bavarian farmer's field to check out a mysterious set of crop circles. The ornate design was discovered by a balloonist last week and news of the...
View ArticleHamas Versus Israel: A Failure of Imagination
For a number of diplomats and journalists, predictable story lines have emerged, as the most recent round of Israel-Hamas fighting continues into its fourth week. At best, the struggle is essentially a...
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From Spain to Syria: A Modern Inquisition
My family name, "Maron," is a vestige of and a testament to the human capacity to hate. My family tradition tells the story of my ancestors' expulsion -- along with hundreds of thousands of other Jews...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber From U.S. Came Home Before Attack
When Moner Mohammad Abusalha drove a truck packed with explosives into a restaurant in northern Syria in May, American authorities conceded that they knew little about how a young man who grew up a...
View ArticleUndocumented Worker in South Carolina Refuses to Live in Fear
SPARTANBURG, S.C.—At the grocery store, Erik notices how the cashiers sometimes smile at the customers ahead of him in line, but not at him.
View ArticleSo This Is War
This is what it's like, huh? After all the movies I have seen? I really didn't expect it would be like this. It's not like the grinding nature of rations, eating beans from a can, crafting items out of...
View ArticleGaza Death Toll Soars As Israel Presses Offensive
* Netanyahu presses assault, sends envoys to Cairo * U.N. outraged at refugee deaths at Gaza shelter * Palestinian deaths exceed 1,360; 56 soldiers and three civilians on Israeli side (Adds Israel...
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