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Palestinians challenged the legality of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier before an international court yesterday while the Israelis, after consulting with legal experts including Harvard professor Alan M. Dershowitz, refused to participate in the hearings...
...December, the U.N. General Assembly asked the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of the barrier, which runs about 140 miles in and around the West Bank...
Israel maintains that the purpose of the barrier is to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from entering the Jewish state and therefore conforms to the legal definition of “self-defense.” The Palestinian Authority contends that Israel is trying to exert control over lands occupied by Palestinians and to divide the Arab population currently living in the West Bank...
Deadly diseases that cross the species barrier and infect humans--like bird flu and SARS--make big headlines these days. But if you're really worried about getting an animal disease, you need look no farther than the fluffball curled up on your pillow. Cats, dogs, hamsters and snakes are breeding grounds for all sorts of microbes and swap molecules with us regularly. Our pets share our air, furniture and food dishes. We change their litter, enjoy their slobbery affection and endure their occasional bites...
...happy and stable life. They are necessities. Putting gay relationships in some other category--civil unions, domestic partnerships, whatever--may alleviate real human needs, but by their very euphemism, by their very separateness, they actually build a wall between gay people and their families. They put back the barrier many of us have spent a lifetime trying to erase...