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...team that advanced into the America East semifinals last year. While the Hawks retained most of its offensive firepower, the graduation of 12 seniors leaves Hartford with an inexperienced defense. The Crimson will have to contend with the nation’s top returning scorer, sophomore Alon Lubezky, who set three school records during his freshman year...
...relative calm of recent weeks, but that calm is an uneasy one that could be shattered at any moment. Hamas and other militant groups have vowed to dispatch more suicide bombers into Israel despite Arafat's injunctions, and Israel's incoming Chief of Staff, General Moshe Ya'alon has warned that Israel will mount new incursions in Gaza and the West Bank whenever deemed necessary. Washington is aware, however, that defusing the conflict requires keeping the IDF out of Palestinian territory. An Israeli invasion of Gaza - which Ya'alon said was a question of when rather than whether - will likely...
...Moria Shlomot, 31, is director of Peace Now, the biggest Israeli peace group. She lives in Tel Aviv with her daughter Tamar, two and a half, and her partner, actor Chen Alon...
This year Alon has joined forces with al Khateeb and a Palestinian conservation crew to put up birdhouses in the West Bank. Together they had the wonderful idea of enlisting the help of children--from both sides of the Middle East divide. In February, 50 Arab kids from Jericho and 30 Jewish kids from Jerusalem converged at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo to learn to make the birdhouses and get to know one another. Coexistence didn't come easily. A Jewish fifth-grader, tears of frustration flowing down her cheeks, rushed to her teacher. An Arab boy wouldn't give...
...lesser kestrel is a nice, noncontroversial subject," says Alon. "It won't solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it can create understanding between people who are destined to live together, whether they like it or not." Al Khateeb strongly agrees. "We share a common environment," he says. "We have to work together if we are to achieve results. Our kids grew up thinking all Israelis were soldiers who wanted to shoot them. Their kids thought all Palestinians were terrorists. We want to promote the environment as a tool to build peace...