Word: jerusalem
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Since Jan. 1, 2000, falls on the Jewish Sabbath, New Year's Eve will be quiet in the western part of Jerusalem. But Bethlehem is planning a two-week ecumenical Holy Nights festival that starts Dec. 24 and ends Jan. 7, Orthodox Christmas on the Julian calendar...
...Arafat's plan -- which he is expected to pitch to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday -- may be good news for Benjamin Netanyahu. "It would free Netanyahu of any obligations under the Oslo peace accords, which he opposed, and would freeze the current situation in Palestinian territories," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "That would mean a Palestinian state in half of Gaza and a few islands of the West Bank...
...wait. But more likely it is a conscious choice: politicians, rabbis, sheiks--they too are human, and cannot live and be believed in a vacuum. Just ask George Washington about how accessible King George III was. Adam I. Arenson '00-'01, a Crimson editor, is spending the year in Jerusalem...
Arab anger against America is caused by the U.S.'s continuous support of Israel, whose policy is settlement and the de facto annexation of occupied West Bank lands and Jerusalem. America will pursue the bombers to the maximum extent but do next to nothing about the sources of Arab frustration. The U.S. needs to pressure Israel to change its ways...
...here in Raanana (an 80,000-person city just north of Jerusalem's younger, larger, secular brother Tel Aviv), "Beverly Hills 90210," "Family Matters" and "Full House" are on the menu daily, not to mention CNN. There are also some shows you might have missed the first time around, like "Mr. Rhodes" and "California Dreams." Kellogg's, Subway and Puff Daddy are household names here, and NBA basketball is followed closer than in the States. English words in Hebrew-Aramaic characters fill the newspapers, as do all-too-familiar faces--from George Clooney to Kenneth Starr...