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...Israel has acknowledged its need to withdraw from Arab territory, which they had occupied for security considerations. Withdrawal from the 20-mile “Security Belt” in Southern Lebanon in May 2000 proved counter-productive. It brought Hezbollah 20 miles closer to the Northern borders. Its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was fatal. With long range missiles, neither the residents of Sderot, not Ashkelon, nor my parents in Tel Aviv, can sleep peacefully at night...
...display within Rosovsky Hall, it does not represent the views of the entire Hillel community. While PJA, other sponsors, and community members have expressed support for the exhibit, many at Hillel feel that the exhibit portrays a misleading message—one lacking a broader context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Such broader context is key because it creates an open forum for the exchange of ideas. It is also the reason why exhibits as controversial as “Breaking the Silence” have a place where they can be respectfully articulated, propagated, accepted, challenged, critiqued, or dismissed...
...attack on the seminary was seen as a calculated blow by Palestinian militants against Israel's most ideologically motivated opponents to a Palestinian state. One senior police officer told TIME that Israeli security forces are on alert in the Palestinian territories for a possible revenge attack by settlers against Arab villages. In the old city, police barred Palestinian men under the age of 45 from attending the Friday sermon at the holy al-Aqsa mosque...
...workers can operate freely and escort humanitarian convoys. While there's a great deal of pressure on the Sudanese government, more could be applied to the rebels, who sometimes take international outrage over Darfur as a license for murder. And the aid community should increase efforts to service the Arab majority--people like Ahmed, who suffer many of the same hardships as the Africans...
...Harav seminary is the birthplace of the Jewish religious nationalist movement, which is behind the push to build Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. Now, one senior police officer told TIME, there is concern that some bands of armed settlers may take revenge against nearby Arab villages...