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...smoothly, but the hard feelings it generated resound deep inside Israeli army barracks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were initially assigned only to secondary tasks, such as manning roadblocks to stop religious Zionist sympathizers from joining their Hebron brethren. Still, when orders were given to the Duchifat Battalion to assist evicting the two settler families, 38 out of 400 soldiers initially refused to obey after many called their rabbis on cell phones. Eventually, all but eight relented. These "refuseniks," as they were dubbed in the Israeli press, were slapped in the army prison for 14 to 28 days and some...
...mental health counseling; they say they are recognizing that these students are not professionals and can be overwhelmed by a crash course in How to Be a Shrink 101. Instead, RAs are being trained to refer students in potential danger to trained professionals who are best equipped to assist them. "We used to provide a huge amount of information about mental health and counseling, and our RAs sometimes felt overwhelmed, or like they were counselors themselves," said Travis Hill, director of residential life at Hamilton, in a press release. "That's bad for them, and bad for the troubled student...
...movement to crystallize," says Jose Luis Marantes, youth organizer for the Florida Immigrant Coalition who is working alongside Juan's friends in Washington this week. Diaz-Balart spokesperson Ana Carbonell concurred: "It's allowed us to show Congress the human face of those whom we're trying to assist...
...Harvard Law School professors penned an article last month criticizing the recording industry's aggressive efforts to crack down on illegal downloading, calling on universities to resist demands to assist in the industry's campaign...
...currently at war with the Siamese infidel occupiers. Therefore, we must unite." Without claiming responsibility for the arson attack, the leaflet explains that schools are targeted because they are "symbols of the Siamese infidel occupier." It continues: "This is a warning to our brothers and sisters: do not assist the occupier, or cooperate in terms of labor or goods in kind. To help them with labor, money or goods in kind is haram [forbidden]." It is signed by Pejuang Kemerdekaan Pattani, which translates as "Liberation Fighters of Pattani...