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...underground army. On the eve of his country's war for independence in 1948, Rabin was persuaded by his military superiors to abandon his study plans and join the battle. He was charged with helping to break the Arab blockade of Jerusalem and to keep the road to Tel Aviv open for convoys. The brigade he commanded lost 70% of its members before the fighting was done. To this day, Israel maintains the rusted wreckage of the convoys as memorials along the highway. ''I remember the names of those who died inside those vehicles,'' Rabin says...
...example. The U.S., one of the major consumers of fossil fuels, needs to lead the world in reducing global pollution by implementing the use of clean forms of energy. We are at the edge of the abyss. Let's step back before it is too late. Franklin Milman Tel Aviv...
...example. The U.S., one of the major consumers of fossil fuels, needs to lead the world in reducing global pollution by implementing the use of clean forms of energy. We are at the edge of the abyss. Let's step back before it is too late. Franklin Milman Tel Aviv...
...scene from Hany Abu-Assad's new film Paradise Now, a young Palestinian stands in front of a video camera taping his martyr's message before being dispatched to Tel Aviv on a suicide mission. Then the sight of one of his handlers munching a sandwich sets him thinking about his mother, and how he has forgotten to give her some last-minute household instructions. "Mom, before I forget," he says, veering from the script, clutching a Kalashnikov rifle, "I saw some good water filters at Al Mokhtar ... buy them there next time." In a film packed with wrenching moments...
...went too far, or he was successfully cast as having gone too far by his enemies. On Sunday night, Sharon was prevented from addressing the Likud Central Committee by an allegedly sabotaged sound system. Whoever caused that problem, Sharon's people immediately began circulating among journalists in the Tel Aviv hall, casting the prime minister as the victim of a persecution by elements in the party that aren't restrained by democracy or law. They argued that "Arik is the underdog" and that Israelis always back an underdog. In the end, the Likud committee members were shocked by this final...