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When course instructor Avi Matalon, who is assistant professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, received an e-mail from a student whose online grade report showed a C for the class but who had actually received an A-, he realized something was wrong...
...physicians--and so there was no state funeral, no national emotional catharsis, no clear transfer of power. But more important, there was no political confusion or panic. Leadership was quietly assumed by Sharon's deputy, Ehud Olmert. "Here we are in the midst of a revolution in Israeli politics," Avi Dichter, former director of Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security agency, told me. "Our great national leader is crippled--and there is no crisis. Power is passed quietly. Our enemies don't stir. Our stock market barely moves. It says a lot for the strength of our democracy...
...will be under pressure to reveal Kadima's plans for disengagement on the West Bank. "But he's not going to put out a map during an election campaign," a member of Olmert's Cabinet told me. "That would be crazy, given the uncertainty on the other side." Indeed, Avi Dichter--who will probably be a leading security spokesman for Kadima--sounded very much like a Likudnik when discussing future plans. "Israel is not going to try any experiments in the West Bank to let it become another Gaza," he said. "If the Palestinian Authority doesn't build an adequate...
...tenure would mean for Israeli politics and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, along with hope that his stroke would not be a major setback for either. “The Israeli democracy has dealt with worse losses,” said Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Avi Matalon, who is from Israel. “The momentum is with the moderate center.” Sharon, formerly a member of the right-wing Likud party in Israel, recently formed a new centrist party called Kadima that was expected to achieve a large victory in Israel?...
...least the size of Mars struck our planet, causing fragments to be strewn into orbit around the Earth. The debris then coalesced into what is now known as the moon. This “giant impact” theory is now widely accepted in the scientific community. Professor Avi Loeb, who worked alongside Cameron from 1993-1999 in the Department of Astronomy said his work has helped augment the growth of the field. “He directed the research of many other younger people,” Loeb said. “He basically groomed a whole generation...