Word: israelity
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...Europe is the Islamic one. It exists within the body politic of many European societies. And the fastest-rising Islamic demographic is on Europe's doorstep. Europe should, therefore, see it in its long-term interest to defuse Islamic anger. Instead, it has shown moral cowardice on the Israel-Palestine issue, refusing even to admit that an unbalanced American policy will hurt European interests more than American interests. No major European leader has the moral courage to speak truth to power on this issue. (Read: "Halal Burgers? Another French Brouhaha over Islam...
...interrogation by Israelis hunting for renegade Egyptian soldiers and Fedayeen guerrillas. The Israelis deny that either event was a massacre, disputing the casualty figures and suggesting their soldiers killed smaller numbers of Palestinians in the course of suppressing riots and other resistance. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...Sacco reminds us, for example, that the vast majority of Gazans are refugees driven out of their homes on Israel's coastal plain in the war of 1948, and barred from returning. And in one of the most startling observations in the book, he shows that Israeli leaders understood exactly why the Palestinians of Gaza would turn to violence. He quotes General Moshe Dayan, Israel's most celebrated military commander, at the April 1956 funeral of a kibbutznik slain by Palestinian fedayeen near the Gaza border, warning Israelis that they faced an intractable conflict that they had no choice...
Twenty years ago, when Oriol was treating patients at Harvard-affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Mecical Center, she was struck by the high rates of infant mortality in Boston, which she says are symptomatic of a “very sick community” suffering from great disparaities in access to care...
...working toward full political, economic, and human rights for all Israelis and Palestinians. This will also provide hope for a constructive future to the young people in Gaza—the best remedy against extremism. It is both a stragetic interest for the long term stability and security for Israel and a moral imperative resulting from our Jewish and human values...