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...violence at the Mount stunned Israelis, whose troops faced widespread gunfire from Palestinian police and militia. Upon hearing the calls of their imams to defend the sacred compound, Israel's Arab citizens answered with rioting throughout the Galilee. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to broker a deal but got only a partial cease-fire that few observed...
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators had known the fight for control of the Temple Mount would be fierce, but they prayed it would never come to a real battle. To Jews, the site is revered as the location of the temples built by Solomon and Herod, the latter of which was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Even before that, it was sacred. At its center is the tip of Mount Moriah, where God tested Abraham by demanding the sacrifice of his son Isaac. That rock is where some scholars believe the Ark of the Covenant sat. But it also...
Makassed Hospital on the Mount of Olives is filled with the fruit of Barghouti's teachings. The hospital's operating-room staff worked around the clock all last week on injuries sustained in riots on the Mount. Khaled Warasni, 24, a tailor from Hebron, was shot in the back as he turned to gather more stones to throw at Israeli soldiers. When he felt the bullet, Warasni thought he would die a martyr. He recited his last words, the Muslim declaration of faith. "I wished to die," he says, lying sleepily in his hospital bed, "but, unfortunately, I didn...
...facing a hard-line Israeli government. U.S. and Israeli officials often talk about how difficult it is to understand what Arafat wants. But it is hard to imagine he intended for the battle to lead to the political deliverance of the group least likely to agree to share the Mount peacefully...
...ranch, located at an 8,300-ft. elevation in the Rockies, has a respected riding program. Guests young and old can choose just the right mount from among 175 horses, then train in an indoor arena. Or they can ride on packed trails where they will hear nothing but the muffled thump of the horse's hooves and the whistling of the wind through the pines and aspens. There are many other ways to traverse the great outdoors: cross-country skis, snowshoes, sleds, skates and snowmobiles--even a sleigh behind two Belgian draft horses. Downhill-ski enthusiasts can schuss...