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Letters to a Student Revolutionary is a powerful production that swells between moments of extreme emotional drama and wonderful humor. It is the story of a ten-year friendship between an Chinese-American woman and her mirror image in China, which begins with Bibi's (Angela Hur '02) 1979 family tour of China while she is in her late teens...
...somewhat unusual in a democracy for police to barge in on the former prime minister and search his house, but Israel isn't exactly reeling with shock over the corruption investigation of Bibi Netanyahu. Mr. Netanyahu was due to be questioned by police on embezzlement allegations Thursday, following a Wednesday police raid in which dozens of valuables ? believed to be gifts presented him while in office ? were removed from his house. "There were certainly rumors of corruption during Netanyahu's term in office, and nobody was particularly shocked at allegations that he and his wife had pilfered the state silver...
...contractor friend of the Netanyahus' at their private residence, which were later billed to the prime minister's office. "Sara Netanyahu isn't particularly well-liked by the Israeli public and is considered rather acquisitive," says Beyer. "The Netanyahu camp has suggested she accepted those services unbeknownst to Bibi, and that she was unaware she was doing anything wrong." Despite the fuss, the investigation has had little impact on day-to-day Israeli politics. "It was notable how few members of Bibi's Likud party rushed to his defense," says Beyer. "He's simply not a political player right...
...Bibi was never comfortable with all this peacemaking, and now he?s bowing out as Israel?s prime minister with both guns blazing. Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Beirut and north Lebanon overnight Friday following a rocket attack on Israel by the Islamic guerrilla movement Hezbollah, and warned of more to come. Incoming prime minister Ehud Barak was not consulted on the decision, and he may prefer it that way. "Making peace with Syria, which controls Lebanon, is Barak?s priority, and he?s not going to let skirmishes with Hezbollah get in the way," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief...
...career, and he's unlikely to be prepared to take similar risks." He may be no Yitzhak Rabin, but with the peace process having ground to a halt on Netanyahu's watch, the Labor party leader's most important peacemaking credential may be simply that he's also not Bibi...