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...Usually if a team plays zone, they’ll allow you to possess the ball,” Tillman said. “And it takes a lot of pressure off your defense so you can really control time of possession. If we have the ball for one or two minutes, that’s terrific...
...Oxford St. residence lacks humidity control and centralized air conditioning—which bodes poorly for delicate specimens—and its flimsy upper floors are in danger of collapsing from too much weight, Hanken said. Leaks in the roof need to be mended, and the building supports very limited information technology infrastructure...
...Jerusalem. The Israeli government and the city's municipality - in conjunction with radical nationalist-religious groups - are planning a ring of new settlements and exclusively Jewish religious theme parks and archaeological sites around the historic core of the walled Old City in East Jerusalem, which would both solidify Israeli control and Jewish historical claims to the holiest parts of the city, as well as permanently change its demographic balance in Israel's favor. Though those plans to extend Israel's grip on the city are slated to be finished by 2020, the policies, infrastructure and bureaucratic momentum are already...
...extremists on all sides are using the deadlock between Israel and the U.S. to fan the flames in Jerusalem and turn the political conflict into a religious one. Israeli police are having increasing difficulty maintaining the delicate status quo that governs the Old City, whereby each religious group has control of and the exclusive right to pray at their respective holy sites. At moments of political tension, and on religious holidays, radical Israeli groups have been calling for Jews to go and pray on the Temple Mount - which Muslims call the Haram al-Sharif, and is under their control. Jerusalem...
...Palestinian Islamist parties, in turn, have been raising the temperature by calling on young men to turn out in force to "protect" the Muslim sites, claiming that the Israelis are trying to take control of the iconic al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock. Such gatherings have often turned into riots, with mobs throwing stones at nearby Israelis and tourists. The city's police, invariably, have been caught in the middle, trying to prevent flare-ups and casualties that could spark new rounds of violence. To do so, the police block access to prayers at the Muslim holy sites...